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"content": "practice know about solicitors. We have upgraded counties to almost international standards by providing a county solicitor. The provisions on the county solicitor are in the Bill. Under the County Attorney, we have the County Solicitor and also a County Legal Counsel. What is the mischief? We want counties to be represented by County Counsel. If Makueni County has a High Court, why do we need a lawyer to come from Nairobi to go and represent the County Government of Makueni? The Judiciary intends to have a high court in every county, bringing the number to 47 in the country. On matters of interpretation and advice to your county government, it is envisaged under this Bill that your County Legal Counsel will appear there for both criminal and civil matters to represent county governments where necessary. There is the performance of those functions and the appointment of service. I do not need to get into the details because my Chairperson spent a lot of time explaining the details and code of service. Some Senators have raised issues on some clauses. I refer you to Clause 14 which says:- “A County Legal Counsel shall at all time in and outside the place of work appear smart, proper and decent dress and behave in a manner befitting both the public service and legal profession.” Some of my colleagues have challenged this. However we do not want to rag tags. Although the Advocates Act provides for conduct of counsel, courts have thrown out lawyers over short dresses and skirts or revealing clothes. Some of these things need to be said – personal conduct of the County Legal Counsel and conflict of interest. Somebody has asked why you need to state that a member of this team shall not take part in society or have membership of which is incompatible with the functions and dignity of this office. We do not want lawyers and counsel of counties to find themselves in a matter that will conflict them. They cannot be members of a casino or bar association. That is the conflict we are talking about. You cannot be a member of a club or a betting game because that can put you in conflict. Some of these things, although they may appear obvious, we have made sure that they are obvious in writing. With those few remarks I beg to second."
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