Danson Mungatana

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• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Yesterday, I was at the point where I was saying that the Clerk of the County Assembly--- We have a problem as people from the marginalized areas and we do not want this punitive requirement of degrees being put there because we have already set the standard that even Senators will require only a post-secondary qualification. We would like to employ clerks who come from our county. Therefore, I will propose to the Minister an amendment, in that section, so that we can have a post-secondary qualification to allow us have better choices from ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also wanted to propose, to the proposed Clause 20, that any money Bill that comes before the County Assembly for consideration ought to have the assent of none other than the Governor. The proposal that the Minister has put here on Clause 20(3) is that it must have the effects or the recommendations of the County Executive Committee Member responsible for Finance. But the structure of the executive is such that the person who is responsible for the management of the finances, and must give report and account, is the Governor. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: We want every Bill that is a money Bill at the county level to have the assent and concurrence of the Governor, as has been the practice here. Why is that so? Because if he has already presented a programme saying “I want to build these roads and hospitals,” and then there is a money Bill that says, “no, there should be ten roads on this other side” and he is supposed to account at the end of it all, his plans will be thrown into disarray. So, let us maintain the tradition that the person who is responsible for ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, still on Clause 28, on the County Executive, I wanted to propose to the Minister that amongst the list that should be there is the continual absence of the County Assembly Member. In fact, it should not even be an issue to debate, but we have not put that eight continual absence requirement where a Member will then lose his seat automatically. That one is not there and we need to look at it. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On then the number of people who ought to participate in a recall, I wanted to propose to the Minister that Clause 29(2)(b) must be made very clear so that it is only the people who participated in the last general election and 30 per cent of those voters are the ones who should be involved in terms of the preparation for the petition to remove a County Ward representative. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I now want to address the Minister who, unfortunately, is not here and neither is his team - I hope they will be listening from somewhere - that on the part of the County Executive, we have said that the Governor shall, amongst other things, perform state functions within the County as the President may determine. I wanted this mandate expanded. I said it yesterday and I will say it again. We need to think together on how to make use of these positions of governors more extensively. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: We must be very clear on the performance of state functions. First of all, we must have a proviso that this will be in writing and there will be state funds provided for the performance of state functions and this must not be limited to the county. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I am just thinking of a very practical example. There could be two counties which are neighbouring and they have an issue, and the governors are not seeing it in the same direction. Then there is a not so far neighbour from another county who might be able to understand those issues and be able to bring a third sense or a direction towards a solution and, before, maybe, the President or such high ranking officials come in, he might want another neighbouring Governor or a Governor from a different area to come and bring some understanding between the Governors ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, such a function must be supported by the national Government funding so that we do not have an issue where the budgets meant for the Governor and his work within the county are utilized because the President has requested him to do something which he ought to have done or the State ought to have done otherwise. The same should go if a Government’s request is to represent outsiders. There should be a clear understanding in that direction. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is under (k) the provision that the County Governor will be the Chair of the equivalent of the National Security Council as provided in Article 239 of the Constitution. While I support that, we must have certain provisions within this Bill to allow the County Governors to be able to request for reinforcements wherever necessary. One of the functions of the County Governor will be to promote peace and order within the county. We are going to have practical problems in the counties. There will be a problem with inadequate rains, particularly during the dry ... view