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    "content": "will no longer be an issue. The Bill has provided for a seamless replacement and appointment process for the deputy governors. This is a timely Bill. It will also ensure integrity and public participation through the county assemblies as we fill the office of the deputy governor that is left vacant. This Bill tries to plug the gap in defining the steps for the counties to acquire the emblems, flags, Coat of Arms, et cetera . It has provided the manner for the counties to acquire these. We have had a conflicting process from one county to the other, with some not being able to do that in the first term between 2013 and 2017. With this streamlined process, it should no longer be an issue but a process that is well laid out in the county law. We will also get public participation in the process. There is an important amendment in this Bill that seeks to close the gaps as far as providing smooth operations in convening of the first sittings of the county assemblies by the governors is concerned. This is an important process because after the 2017 elections, there was confusion across the counties with some not knowing when or where to have this first sitting. With the amendment from the previous Senate where the first sitting would not happen until the nominated Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) were included, there was a bit of confusion. This amendment has taken away the confusion and it will help in ensuring that there are clear timelines, once the elections have happened. It will also ensure that these timelines are adhered to and respected, therefore, the Constitution is respected. We have heard some county assemblies beginning earlier and some later with a lot of uncertainties regarding parliamentary democracy, rules, etiquette and traditions. This amendment will help streamline that so that we have a uniform process in all the 47 county assemblies. The County Governments Amendment Bill (Senate Bills No. 11 of 2017) has also helped the County Public Service Boards (CPSBs) which was previously quite a big problem. Many of those boards across the 47 counties tended to be beholden to the county executives, specifically, the governors. With this streamlining, we will have CPSBs that are professional, ethical and that will carry out their mandates in the proper way that the law requires. With that, we will have boards that are not completely under the governors, filling the county positions through favoritism, cronyism, nepotism, clannism, and all manner of corruption that we have witnessed before. I believe this is an important Bill. There is also the County Assembly Service Boards (CASBs). Coming from the counties, I appreciate what was done here by the previous Senate led by Sen. Amos Wako which passed the County Assembly Service Bill 2017. The Bill has aligned the CASBs membership to the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). This has also streamlined the operations; funding, clear roles of the board secretary and fund administrator. That has made these CASBs become more effective and accountable. This amendment Bill will fill in the gaps that have become apparent after the application of the laws from the previous terms. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support and second the County Governments Amendment Bill (Senate Bills No. 11 of 2017). 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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