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    "id": 781477,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support this Bill because it seeks to clarify some of the lacunas we have been encountering in the running of county governments. It will address the issue concerning the vacation of offices of key personnel in counties. That is the speaker, deputy speaker and CPSB members. How do you remove such persons? To that extent, it is a good Bill. I will be proposing some amendments at the Committee stage. I believe that every time there is a change of government, those officers should leave office. For example, the CPSB members. Every time we have a new governor, that board should vacate. The same principle should also apply for chief officers. That happens in the national Government. The same principle should also apply in county governments. Otherwise, you may have a situation where you have change of government, but the officials who are currently holding offices owe their loyalty to the former regime. They may, therefore, frustrate a governor’s plans. The governor may not achieve what he promised his people when he was campaigning. To that extend, I would be proposing amendments to, for instance, the proposed new insertion of Clause 7A. This one is about vacation of the county assembly which is okay and I do not have a problem with it. However, on the one on the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker – the insertion of the new Clause 9A. It should be clear that a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker serve for only five years. Once the five years and the term of governor have elapsed, you do not have people staying in office past five years. That spirit should also be imported in other positions such as the tenure of the chief officers of the county assemblies. They should also vacate office under the same circumstances. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a provision concerning the appointment of a County Public Service Board (CPSB) member. How do you fill up a position of a CPSB member when a vacancy arises? There is a new Clause 58A that is proposing to constitute a selection panel comprising of various persons – one nominated by the governor from the private sector who is an advocate of the High Court; one nominated by 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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