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    "id": 1007194,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Roysambu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Isaac Ndirangu",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Waihenya Ndirangu",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011 relating to the extension of period for consideration of nominees for appointment to public office, this House resolves to extend the period for consideration of the nominee submitted by His Excellency the President for appointment as the Auditor-General by a further period of 14 days from 8th July 2020. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Motion is pursuant to the stated Act and in line with your Communication of 23rd July 2020, directing the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to undertake approval hearing on the nominee for the Auditor-General’s Office – one Nancy Janet Gathugu – within 14 days from 23rd July 2020. This implies that the approval hearings and the debate by the House ought to be concluded by 8th July 2020. Our Committee went ahead to notify the general public and the nominee about the approval hearing, which is set for Friday, 3rd July, 2020. It has since become necessary for the Committee to seek leave of the House to extend the period for consideration of the nominee for a further 14 days from 8th July 2020. As per the Calendar of this House, the House will be proceeding on a short recess starting this Friday. By the time the House resumes, it will be way past the deadline for approval. Section 9 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act states that after the expiry of the period for consideration specified in Section 8 and Parliament has neither approved nor rejected the nomination of a candidate, the candidate shall be deemed to have been approved. As this House may be aware, the appointment of the Auditor-General has taken a long time. The outgoing Auditor-General left in August last year. Therefore, we need to undertake the vetting exercise of the nominee as expeditiously as possible and conclude this matter. However, for the Committee to undertake sufficient due diligence and ensure that we have the right person for the job, we seek the indulgence of this House so as to undertake the vetting exercise, review memoranda from the public and prepare a comprehensive report on the nominee in readiness for debate when the House resumes on 28th July, 2020. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also take this opportunity to alert Members that we shall have some amendments on the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act. The recommendation is that we extend the vetting period for nominees from 14 days to 28 days to enable the Committees to effectively undertake approval hearings so that we are not seen to be just rubber-stamping the decisions of the Executive. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}