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    "content": "the public, under Article 1, the rightful role under universal suffrage, to elect a new governor and a deputy governor. That, for me, would be a tidier way of doing it. Otherwise, in the Section, Clauses 13, 14, 15, and 16, the Senate Majority Leader was again trying to tidy up the already existing lacunas in the law. Procedure of nomination and appointment of members of the board are lacunas that we have come across as we go along. There is nothing controversial. On the promotion of equity in County Public Service Boards (CPSBs), there is controversy of hiring in all counties including Bomet, et cetera . Collection and analysis of information by CPSBs, again, the issue of public participation by the CPSB, equity plan under Clause 68 (c) and review of the County Public Service employment equity plan are very innovative methods because one of the problems bedeviling counties is what the Senate Majority Leader has identified which ideally should go through the process proposed in Clause 68 (d) and (b). Since the Senate Majority Leader has now walked in, all the amendments including the ones I have proposed about the petition to wind up a county should the need arise, to avoid the situation of Makueni County where the President exercised discretion, but the value of that report in terms of legislation and the disputes that would arise out of the budget, we never had the benefit of making statements or pronouncing ourselves as the Senate on such issues that affect counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, if any of them could be housed in this Bill, I would be very happy. The Senate Majority Leader, if we could have the Assumption of Office of the County Governor Bill; the clauses that are here and the ones in the Impeachment Procedure Bill housed in the County Governments Act, we would have a neater way of amending the County Governments Act. It is a continuous process. Unknown to us, Sen. Murkomen who was responsible for drafting the County Governments Act is seated here. He was in the drafting committee and that is why we must continue revising these laws. We discovered that in the amendment of the Local Government Act, where the local government authorities enjoyed protection under the Government Proceedings Act, we did not transpose that Clause into the County Governments Act. It is through the amendment of the Government Proceedings Act that the county governments enjoy the protection that is enjoyed by the national Government in terms of anybody who wants to attach. I say this because I was told by the Governor of this great County of Nairobi City that every time they bank money, the people who are owed funds by the county government garnishee those accounts. I want to tell the Governor of Nairobi City County that they are protected by law under the Government Proceedings Act from any form of attachment through an amendment that we made here and it was signed into law of the Government Proceedings Act. Nobody has a right to attach any ambulance, item or office equipment of any county government because they are protected by law. Lastly, I thank the energy and the industry of the Senate Majority Leader and my brother Sen. Murkomen. I beg to support. Thank you."
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