Petronila Were Lokorio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Presently, county governments rely on the office of the Government Printer to publish their legislation and any other matter that may require to be published. This Bill, therefore, seeks to establish a legal framework for the independent publishing of laws and other official documents by the 47 counties. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will now go to the Bill and outline what it contains as an overview. Clause 2 provides for the definition of terms that are used in the Bill. For example, authorized officer who is a County Executive Committee Member (CECM) or county gazette, as envisaged in the constitution as well as the County Government Act, County printer and what the office is and what a document is for purposes of publication in the county gazette. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause 3 of the Bill provides for the objects and purposes of the Bill, which I have outlined and, therefore, the purpose for establishing the office of the county printer and to provide for the printing and publication of a county gazette in each county. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause 4 of the Bill provides for the establishment of the office of the county printer as an office in the office of the CECM responsible for matters relating to information. Clauses 5 and 6 outline the functions of the office of the county printer, which shall be mainly to publish all authorized documents, advise and form partnerships on all matters relating to printing and publishing and ensure that there is no duplication in the printing and publication of documents. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: These documents as outlined in Clauses 5 and 6 may be authorized for publication by an authorized officer who is also defined in the Bill to include the governor, the speaker of a County Assembly, CECM or the chairperson or secretary of an independent board, for example, the County Public Service Board (CPSB), a County Commission Committee, or any other body established by law in a county. Laws established in a county are done by the County Assembly. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clauses 7 and 8 of the Bill provide that a county gazette shall be published at least once every week or such other time as may be required in which case they will call it a special gazette. It further proposes to proscribe the publishing of documents for purposes of advertising or any other commercial gain. Then, of course, county governments to improve on their own-source revenues. Additionally, issues of the county gazette shall be made available to the National Council for Law Reporting. As I had indicated in my introduction, this was a requirement that was not in the ... view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: The county printers shall be in charge of the day today management of the office of the county printer and shall among other things appoint staff to that office in view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: 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. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: consultation with the county secretary, manage the funds of the office, implement policy and development of plans. view
• 28 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clauses 11 and 12 provide for offences and penalties that will ensure there is no abuse of the office of the county printer. This was also a main issue that was raised by the Government Printer when we were doing public participation of the Bill and that has now been included. view