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    "id": 963286,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "The decision to designate a public building for purposes of erecting a County Hall of Fame, as captured in Clause 5 of this Bill, should be a matter left to a team and not the decision of one person. There is an issue that almost every speaker has spoken to; on the powers of the governor to remove a person from the County Hall of Fame. My plain reading of this Bill is that Clause 16(2) tries to cure that problem by defining the restrictions or conditions under which a governor will be advised. This is because the decision to remove a person from the Hall of Fame is not a personal decision, but one that is arrived at on advice. Perhaps, there is need to tweak the language and stiffen the conditions for removal. Madam Temporary Speaker, once again, it will also not be good in public order to have a person who has contributed a lot to the wellbeing of society, the county and the country who, after that, becomes a repeat offender, is convicted by law and we still continue to celebrate them as a hero. Maybe there will be need to tighten the language around that condition. Even as we do so, it should not be easy to get into the County Hall of Fame. Similarly, it should not be easy to be removed from that list. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the part of the select committee, as captured under Clause 6 of the Bill, it appears to me as more or less just an extension of a county government, who are the Executive and the Assembly. That is so, yet the roles that the committee should undertake go beyond the provisions of the county governments. I would rather see a situation where the selection committee brings on board other interest groups, not just as people who have brought petitions, but as participants in determining the petitions that are brought before the select committees. Madam Temporary Speaker, you realise that the Chairperson of the County Public Service Board (CPSB) sits in the Selection Committee. The same CPSB also appoints two other public officers. Therefore, in total, the CPSB has influence of at least three The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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