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    "content": "“A Bill shall be published by including the Bill as a supplement in the County Gazette and Kenya Gazette .” This particular Section of the County Governments Act envisaged that there will be a County Printer. Only the Senate, therefore, can operationalize and institutionalize counties. That is why we have this Bill. On coming into force of a county legislation, Section 25 (1) and (2) of the County Governments Act states as follows - Section 25 (1) says- “A legislation passed by the county assembly and assented to by the governor shall be published in the County Gazette and Kenya Gazette within seven days after assent.” Section 25 (2) says “Subject to Subsection (3), the county assembly legislation shall come into force on the fourteenth day after its publication in the County Gazette and Kenya Gazette, whichever comes earlier, unless the legislation stipulates a different date on or time at which it shall come into force.” In addition, Section 32 (1) of the County Governments Act again requires a governor to publish in the County Gazette, the assignment of responsibilities to County Executive Committee Members and all other important decisions made by the governor or the County Executive Committee. Section 30 (2) (i) says: “By a decision notified in the County Gazette, assign to every member of the county executive committee, responsibility to ensure the discharge of any function within the county and the provision of related services to the people;” Section 30 (2) (l) further says that the governor shall: “Subject to the Constitution, the governor shall sign and cause to be published in the County Gazette, notice of all important formal decisions made by the governor or by the county executive committee.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, pursuant to provisions of these Sections 23 and 25 of the County Governments Act, it is mandatory that a county Bill be published in both the Kenya Gazette and the County Gazette . Also, important decisions made by the county executive must be published in the County Gazette . Note the stress I am putting on the words “County Gazette .” Whereas the County Governments Act provides for publications of county legislation and other important decisions made by the county executive, there is no legal framework for the establishment of the Office of the County Printer. Presently, the 47 county governments rely on the office of the Government Printer at the national level which is located next to the former Kenya Polytechnic, for publication of county legislation and any other matter that a county government is required to publish. This presents a problem given the fact that the office is based in Nairobi and it is required to cater for all the 47 counties. It has brought certain challenges to that office. There are a lot of delays. There is delay in policy implementation and the budget making process yet we know from the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act that the budget making process has timelines. Counties cannot meet those timelines because they still 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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