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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I think you quietly ordered that the air conditioner be switched off. We were suffering here. All political parties should be given a chance to vet the person that the governor will appoint and so forth. Now, that issue should be rested because even if we do anything to change it here, the Supreme Court has pronounced itself and that is the law and we must go by it. Here, we are just providing it in the Act itself and also providing the procedure for the 14 days that the approval must be done. There is a remaining question; what happens if – God forbid – the current Governor for Nyeri County, will have appointed and now has a deputy in office and then that Governor decides to resign and says he no longer wants the position? I do not want to use another example. I just want to say: “Resignation”. He says: “I no longer want to serve as Governor of Nyeri County.” What will happen? Can the Deputy Governor who was not part of the election itself – at least the current one was part of the election – ascend to the office of governor and then appoint another person who was not part of the elections? I think, as it is, it must be, yes. However, I avoided bringing it in the Act so that we leave it to the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court when the time comes. Since there is controversy around that issue, many people would say, no. Common sense should mean that we go back for elections. Also, times and situations where that can occur can become very limited because it can be one in a very long time. By the time a governor who was elected is ceasing to hold office, the term of that Government will have remained maybe one or two years. So, maybe it will only make sense so that the same process will follow because the governor who is in office is a substantive governor. It is not qualified in any way. It is not in the manner he came; he is already holding office officially as a governor. Madam Temporary Speaker, that is the part that has been publicized a lot about whether this Bill--- Many people think that this Bill only deals with the question of deputy governors. This Bill is beyond the question of Governors and deputy governors. It is also dealing with the issues of County Public Service Boards (CPSB). There is some way I talked about it. It is also dealing with how to appoint the County Secretary in an independent manner. This is because the County Secretary outlives the term of the governor who is in office. Since it is an office in the County Public Service, one will serve until retirement. We must ensure that the office enjoys a certain level of independence and the person who comes into that office, will not fear that he must please the immediate political interests at the expense of the staff and the county public service. This Bill is very important. I appreciate everyone who has assisted me in drafting it. I thank the Committee which has come up with various amendments which we will consider at the Committee Stage. They have raised issues such as incompetence being ground for removal of a County Assembly Member (MCA) and whether a deputy governor should hold office for 60 days or permanently. This provision from Ngatia and Associates that deals with three persons who should be appointed by a political party and submitted to the county assembly has now been dispensed with. This is because, as I said, the Supreme Court has made it 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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