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    "speaker_name": "Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I was still highlighting. We have provided for procedure on appointment and qualification. We have tried to be magnanimous as a Committee. There were suggestions of five or seven years and we realized that it is a common practice that when some of these counsels become senior, they tend not to be attracted to public appointments. Therefore, for all counties to get proper qualifications, we have stated that they should have at least seven years in practice. Therefore, one should be an advocate of the High Court Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that there was a debate that one can be a legal practitioner or a paralegal because most counties which are far-flung like the North Eastern counties, among others, have a challenge of human resource. Therefore, it was argued that we should just have somebody with a legal background. However, we insisted that it should be an advocate of the High Court, so that they can assist on legal matters. It will be very sad to have a County Attorney who cannot go to court, because it would create a loophole where counties, in their spending, will outsource legal services. Madam Temporary Speaker, one important point is that the appointment should meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution as well as the Leadership and Integrity Act. There is public pressure because of the many corruption cases that we are facing. Therefore, we should try as much as possible to have people of integrity in office. This office is very sensitive because it will provide legal direction and ensure that there is legal representation. This office will also assist in legal legislative processes in our county assemblies and executives. It is also the office that will provide necessary advice to the governor. Therefore, we need somebody of high integrity who meets the necessary threshold going forward. It should be a common and standard practice everywhere to ensure that we adhere to Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity. That has been the challenge. Last week the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), led by the 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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