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    "id": 826765,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was talking about the issue of the deputy governor. The law talks of 14 days; that whenever an office of a governor becomes vacant under Article 182 of the Constitution, a person who assumes that office of the governor under that shall, within a period of 14 days… How I had wished when we come to the Committee of the whole House we amend that to one week because the deputy governor is already there. I do not see why we should wait for the 14 days. It is too long when it comes to matters of anxiety. So, at the Committee of the whole House, we will propose an amendment. We do not have to go with the 14 days. We should be within the seven days because there is already an existing deputy governor who has already been elected. So, there is no point of lengthening the period to 14 days because it will increase anxiety and matters of insecurity. At that particular time, we are going to propose amendments. I will move on to the county public service board. The county public service board is very critical when it comes to matters of human resource management, particularly when it comes to recruitment. You can only recruit for a position, if there is a vacancy. If there is a vacancy in that particular position, there must be a clear job description. If there is a job description, it must be merged with the job skills and when it comes to job skills, you look at the academic qualifications and experience. When you go to some of the counties, there is mismatch. You find a job description which requires somebody of high skills and when it comes to the requirement, maybe it requires somebody with experience of 10 years and you find you are putting something which is contrary. That is why when it comes to performance, it becomes a problem. The county public service boards must be professional. Some of the county public service boards are working under duress of the governor. If the governor says “left” they go to the left. If the governor says “right” they go to the right. It is high time we asked for professionalism particularly when it comes to matters of recruitment. We have seen that in some counties, somebody has been given a very critical job but when you look at the academic qualifications of that person, he has no qualifications that match that. This is a very good Bill that is going to bring professionalism at the county level. If we are going to have a proper match and professionalism at the county level, obviously we are going to see performance and results. This The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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