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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, in terms of human resource management, you will find that some of the counties are way above the required number of individuals who should be appointed as staff. For example, some of them actually put their relatives on the payroll before they leave office, and it is important to follow this up. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other issue is on pending bills. For example, in Isiolo County, when the new Governor came in, the pending bills were at Kshs204 million. This figure today stands at a billion shillings. There is a lot of corruption that is taking place in those counties because there is no proper handing over of pending bills from the previous to the current county governments. We, therefore, need to see how we can also tighten that. On appointment of the CECs and Chief Officers, of course, the County Governments Act addresses their appointments and it is timely. However, up to now, almost six or seven months down the line, some counties have not even appointed their Chief Officers. These are the people who sign vouchers, approve payments and provide accountability on the finances within the counties. These are critical people who should actually be appointed within the time frame or immediately the new governor takes over. Therefore, Sen. Wamatangi and Sen. Murkomen need to see how they can handle that issue. Madam Temporary Speaker, the functions of the deputy governor is also a contentious issue. In the absence of the governor, the CECs do not recognise the deputy governor as their superior or as their senior because he is also part of the CECs. We must, therefore, come out clearly with the responsibilities and roles of the deputy governors; otherwise we are going to have challenges where the governors and their deputies are fighting each other, day in, day out. I also request Sen. Wamatangi and Sen. Murkomen to extend the same to the county assemblies, because there are also many challenges there. The speakers who leave The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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