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    "content": "neater if we add the words “and justified,” after the words “shall be made in writing.” There will be need to give a justification as to why a particular department does not want to use the County Attorney’s Office. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 17 speaks to the qualifications of a person to be appointed as a county solicitor, who is another lawyer that employment has been created for. He or she needs to be an advocate of the High Court, with at least five years of experience. This is brilliant and I agree with it because of the earlier thoughts that I shared. Clause 18 (3) states that:- “Despite subsection (2), nothing in this Act shall be construed to entitle any officer who is not qualified in law to perform legal functions in the county public service” This is another classic by lawyers, which ensures that only lawyers can do this particular work. There is no problem about it, but it is worth noting. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 22 is extremely interesting. I wish my colleague, Sen. M. Kajwang’, was here because he ran into headwinds during the Legislative Summit when he tried to speak, before our colleagues from the county assemblies, on the prescriptive and descriptive nature of lawmaking. Clause 22 (2) states that:- “The County Attorney may procure the services of such other persons as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of assisting the County Attorney in the performance of the functions of the County Attorney.” This is prescriptive of our nature, as the Senate, which gives more room for county assemblies. It is now upon the county assemblies of Bomet, Kisii or Nandi to sit down and bring a legislation of a descriptive nature, for example, through their committees on justice and legal affairs. For example, if the County Attorney wants to procure the legal services of another entity, what are some of the things that need to be considered? What will be the amount of money that can be charged and the nature of the cases allowed? That is the kind of description that the Senator was speaking about at that particular time. Therefore, each particular county assembly should develop interest and consider this. For example, what might be important to Kericho County may not be considered important in another county. Therefore, this is for the county assemblies to think through. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 29 (1) states that:- “The County Attorney shall as soon as practicable after the thirtieth of June in each year, prepare and furnish to the governor a report of the operations of the Office during the year that ended on thirtieth June.” I want to challenge the Chair of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, my friend, Sen. Cherargei, to think through with his Committee why they have thought it wise that this office will only present a report to the governor and the county assemblies, but none to the office of the Senator. Oversight is important. We cannot legislate ourselves out of work as a Senate and say that we are on duty. 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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