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    "id": 805022,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Office of the County Attorney Bill (Senate Bills No.3 of 2018). I intend to be brief. Again, it is dejavu on this Bill because I seconded the first one that never saw the light of day. When we conceived this Bill in 2014 the idea was to have counties get legal advice and counsel, similar to the services offered by the Attorney General. As I speak, most counties have county attorneys. However, the terms of those attorneys; who hires them, how much they are paid and whether they are hired by CPSB is not uniform. I must commend Bomet County because it was the first one to have a county attorney. We may not have liked Governor Isaac Ruto, but he was good for many reasons. I know that he is the only governor who did not sign the medical equipment lease agreement. That is why he is the only one who appointed a county attorney in 2014.At that time, the intention was to make sure that counties do not spend a lot of money hiring lawyers. Right now, the first observation that the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) is making is that counties are spending too much money on lawyers. The statement made by the Deputy President in Mombasa about the amount of money being paid to lawyers is because when they passed this Bill in 2015, it suffered the fate of all Bills that were passed by the last Senate. It went and was kept in the shelves and the Speaker, who is your colleague, decided to sit and see whether it was a matter concerning counties. The result is the statement that one lawyer in Nairobi - and they are my colleagues - has been paid over Kshs2.8 billion and has a pending bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this framework as guided by the Senate will help all counties to have uniform legislation, so that there is no question as to whether the lawyer should be five, ten, 15 or 20 years. This law gives a standard. There will be no question as to whether the lawyer or advocate who is hired to this position is an executive. This is because we have given him a higher platform than a county executive. There will be no question of the governor hiring and firing him when he is elected because we have provided for a six-year term, which is longer than the election term. 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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