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    "content": "in this Chamber. They said we need to strengthen the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act and the Leadership and Integrity Act. This is because sometimes people are appointed not because they have met the necessary integrity threshold, but because there is some weakness that is within the law. We need to fast-track some of these issues. Under Clause 9 of the Bill, the person in charge of the Office of County Printer should be vetted by the County Public Service Board (CSPB). This will ensure that the person is appointed to that office on merit and that the CSPB undertakes the necessary rigours of ensuring that we get the best. Most of the counties lack the necessary capacity in terms of human resource. Therefore, by using the CPSB to hire, it will go a long way to ensure the people appointed have integrity. They will also set their remuneration and ensure that the best candidate wins because they will give the structure. This will ensure that we do not give uncontrolled powers to the governors to be the singular appointing authority. The appointing authority should come in when all the processes have been done. The standard procedure has been that you submit three names. By the time one person is selected, the CSPB will have ensured that, that person will adhere to the necessary code of conduct and ethics within the CPSB and in line with the human resource policy and the standard practice. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally on the functions, since most counties are struggling – and I hope the Mover will factor this in - we should not give a leeway to the CPSB to determine the number of staff. Most counties are bloated and are on the red light in terms of the human resource they have. They spend too much on salaries, recurrent expenditures through salaries and emoluments. Therefore, if we allow unlimited hiring of staff it means we will also be allowing counties to cross the red light. I stand corrected but most counties are doing beyond 35 per cent, which is very dangerous, in terms of it spending on salaries and other benefits to their county staff. We should be precise on the number of people who should work at the county printer, so that we do not continue to burden our counties with extra and bloated county staff. Most of the governors in office who took over from their predecessors have hired beyond the approved numbers. You will find that they hire a tea girl, a cleaner, somebody to remove the dishes after eating, somebody to give them pudding and somebody to give them a pen when they want. Instead of hiring one person who can do cleaning and make tea, you will find that they have different people doing that. These are the things we need to streamline in the human resource departments of county governments. When we go to the Committee of the Whole, these are some of the things we need to factor so that we do not give them a free---You know governors will also want to excite their supporters. They will want people they have interest in hired. I can see Senators smiling and that means they know the specific interests that governors have in terms of clanism, religion and taking care of their spouses, girlfriends and “slay queens”. Therefore---"
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