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    "content": "(f) the Chairperson of the National Social Assistance Authority established under Section 5(1) of the Social Assistance Act or the designated representative; (g) one person nominated by National Drought Management Authority established under paragraph 3 of the National Drought Management Authority Order, 2011; That is already an indication of what I was trying to say about collaborating. Where is the existence of the other authority? Can these functions be married and make one pseudo- authority that will deal with those issues to reduce matters of overload? (h) two persons nominated by the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) Coordination Board established under Section 3 of the Non- government Organizations Constitution Act; (i) two persons nominated by the Council of Governors; and (j) the director General who shall be an ex-officio member, the secretary to the Board and the chief executive officer of the Authority; As usual, the staff will follow. The normal provisions relating to State Corporations in terms of management, removal, accountability of the Director General---. I do not want to belabour on this because it is an issue that we deal with day in, day out in various Bills. Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir, Clauses 33 talks about the County Food Security Committee. As I said earlier, this is the entity at the county level that mirrors the Food Security Authority at the national level. For that reason, Part VI talks about the County Food Security Committee, which is proposed to be composed of– (a) a person with knowledge and experience in matters relating to food security appointed by the county governor and who shall be the chairperson to the committee; (b) the county executive committee member responsible for matters relating to agriculture who shall be the secretary to the committee; (c) the county executive committee member responsible for matters relating to livestock; If it is the same person, this means that there will be one person. (d) the county executive committee member responsible for matters related to social services; (e) the county commissioner or a designated representative of the commissioner; This means that there will be a national Government officer and also a county government officer. As we said earlier, this is going to be a collaborative effort to ensure that food distribution is not going to be--- We do not want a situation where the Cabinet Secretary or a national Government authority just walks in and says, “we are taking food to people in a certain corner,” and there is no collaboration with the county. The county had probably put all the money in that corner and wanted assistance in another corner. Therefore, that collaboration of the formation of the County Food Security Committee is very important. (a) two persons of the opposite gender, with knowledge and experience in matters relating to food security within the county appointed by the county governor; and 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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