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    "content": "the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). We need to give governors more leeway on this one. This panel is coming to select people who are going to work with the governor. Therefore, when you limit the choices of the governor, it will be unfair. Again, once this selection panels receive these names, we must have a provision where you take these names to the governor to do the final nomination and thereafter submit the names to the county assembly. Some few sub clauses are somehow capturing that principle, but they need to be firmed up so that we appreciate the principle that the ultimate power in the county government reposes in a governor. I say that because when we whittle down the powers of a governor who is directly elected by the people, it is unfair and negating the sovereign will of the people of a certain county. We should appreciate ultimately that it is the governor who will be accountable to the people and not these members of the ‘civil society.’ For instance, when we say one person nominated by the Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE), it should be one person nominated by the governor as per the proposals of the FKE. The same also applies to the person nominated by the ICPAK. The governor should have some role in that nomination. It should not be a situation where you allow nominations directly form that board. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have also looked at Clause 68A where it talks about promotion of equity by the CPSB. That is a good provision which needs to be supported because we have seen counties not respecting equity and diversity. There are employments that favor certain regions and ethnic groups. We also need to take into account whether we can use this law to tell counties that they cannot overemploy people. There is a situation where currently almost 70 per cent of the resources that we devolve go to pay employees of the counties. We would want more resources devoted to development because it is unfair to have 70 per cent of resources going to the pockets of, let us say, five per cent of the entire population. We, therefore, need to compel counties to reduce their workforce. More money should go to capital projects and development. That way, we spark economic growth and benefits at the grassroots and therefore have a more equal and better society that is going to achieve Vision 2030. Madam Temporary Speaker, the objects of this Bill are good and I wish to support it, save for those few clarifications that I will be asking the Senate Majority Leader to consider amending. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow me to read the objects of this Bill so that people can know why we have brought it. Looking at page 313 - Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, Statement of the Objects and Reasons for the Bill, the Bill seeks to amend the County Governments Act, No.17 of 2012, in order to achieve the following objectives- (a) Clarify on the commencement and sitting of a county assembly; Currently, it is not very clear. (b) Put in place the legal framework for the establishment of the office of a deputy speaker of a county assembly; 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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