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    "id": 826771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": " Asante Mheshimiwa Naibu wa Spika . For now, allow me to speak in the English language. Thank you for catching my eye or enabling us to catch your eye. I support this Bill from the Senate. I thank the Senate. This Bill should have come earlier. All the deliberations we are having should have happened in the last Parliament when we came under the new Constitution. We should have set the system straight. We are learning. I thank the brains that crafted this Bill. I am happy because this is a Bill for posterity. This Bill has come from the Senate. It is even touching on my county. As you are aware, I am from Migori County. Migori has been making news of late for right or wrong reasons. This Bill is coming after the promulgation of the new Constitution. As you are aware, I served this House in the last Parliament as the first County Woman Representative for Migori County. There are challenges in our counties. We need to set them straight. I am happy because you are aware about what has been happening in the county of Migori. This Bill looks at the grounds for impeachment. What are the grounds for impeaching a governor? What are the grounds for a deputy governor taking over? I am happy that it is now clear and will be clearer as we move on what the grounds are for a deputy governor to assume office when a governor is in distress, in court or indisposed in a way. I am happy that it is happening at a time when this is an issue that is affecting my county. I support the 14 days for purposes of handing over and planning in the county. I am happy that this Bill has the interests of the county at heart. Governors and deputy governors as we said come and go but the institution of the county remains for our children and our children’s children. I am extremely pleased and happy to look at the county public service boards. It is the engine that runs the county. It is prudent that even within the arrangement of the county public service board, people serving on those boards should be qualified and sensitive to the needs of the county. If, for example, a county public service board exists in Migori where I come from, it is mandated to recruit the staff who will serve in that county government. It is also a shame that in so many counties, you find that in the Ministry of Education, for example, the Chief Officer, the County Executive and the staff are from the same constituency. That is wrong. That is what has been happening in most counties, mine included. It is prudent that the county public service board ensures that in their recruitment in a simple position such as the health docket for example, the CEC Member should come from one constituency and the Chief Officer from a different constituency. That way you ensure that we have representation. We are also observing. The county public service board should look at the issue of gender representation even in the recruitment. I am the Member of Parliament for people with disabilities. People with disabilities deserve appointments and recruitment in the counties. As much as we think about diversity in other areas, disability is diversity. That should be reflected in the recruitments by the county public service board in various counties. County public service boards that exist in our counties need a lot of capacity building. Those boards are mandated to carry out recruitment of staff. If the capacity of those boards is not good enough, they will not do a good job in our countries. That is why you see most of our counties are failing. What are the grounds for the incapacitation of a governor? We know the grounds. Therefore, those laws are well-planned. If everything is inscribed in law, it is very clear for that county to know that these are the grounds for impeaching a governor. In my county, for example, 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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