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    "content": "abundantly clear that replacement of a deputy governor will be the responsibility of the governor himself to do what he ought to do. I thank the Committee for taking the trouble to listen to members of the public – including the Council of Governors (CoG), Forum of Deputy Governors (FDGs), Forum of County Assemblies (FCAs) – and coming up with a Report that will guide this House when we reach the amendment stage. I still encourage Members to think through this issue of the independence of county assemblies, particularly whether we should retain the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Certified Public Accounts (CPA) and so forth. Also, whether that will create a huge bureaucracy at the expense of service delivery in the 47 entities. If it was the National Government, it would be easy because the headquarters of the national Government is the headquarters of most of these entities. However, we have counties such as Mandera where by the time LSK is nominating someone to sit for the CPSB interviews, will it be very costly for the county and so forth. I am willing to listen to these issues so that by the time we go to Committee Stage, we can amend them. I am immensely gratified that I have had this opportunity to move this Bill. I look forward to the support of hon. Senators so that we can expedite this process and so that the Nairobi City County Government and Nyeri County Government can go ahead and do what they ought to do in terms of nominating a deputy governor to serve. A vacancy in that office is a serious constitutional breach in case anything happens in those counties. I beg to move and request the Senate Majority Whip to second."
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