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    "id": 863462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Koinange",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Koinange",
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    "content": "elected. In consideration of the Bill, the Committee made outstanding amendments and shall be laying the same in the House at the opportune time. The Committee made recommendations as indicated in the Report that there is need to define who a county officer is for clarity purposes. This is because there is confusion between a county officer and a public officer. Secondly, there is need to include the Ministry of Devolution and Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in the committee on the assumption of office of the governor, since that is the Ministry responsible for matters related to devolution and also offers technical assistance to the counties. Thirdly, there is need to provide for an instance where a Speaker assumes office as an acting governor as per the provisions of Article 182 (5) of the Constitution. Fourthly, there is need to provide for a timeframe within which a Speaker of a county assembly shall assume office as a governor where a vacancy occurs in the offices of the governor and the deputy governor. All those highlighted issues shall be brought by the Committee as amendments to the Bill. When those amendments are implemented, they will bring soberness to the county government and remove the madness we have been seeing. We wish to thank the offices of the Speaker and the Clerk for facilitating the Committee in discharging its mandate. With these few remarks, I beg to move the Bill and call upon Hon. Kaunya to second."
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