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    "id": 1015704,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1015704/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangema, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clement Kigano",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Clement Muturi Kigano",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move this Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in its Report on the Vetting of the Nominees for Appointment as Registrar and Assistant Registrars of Political Parties, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 24th September 2020, and pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 6 of the Sixth Schedule to the Political Parties Act, 2011, this House: (a) approves the appointment of the following persons to the offices of the Registrar and Assistant Registrars of Political Parties - (i) Ms. Ann Nderitu - Registrar of Political Parties; (ii) Mr. Ali Abdullahi Surraw - Assistant Registrar; (iii) Ms. Florence Tabu Birya - Assistant Registrar; and (b) rejects the appointment of Mr. Makorre Wilson Mohochi to the Office of Assistant Registrar of Political Parties. Hon. Speaker, on 8th September 2020, you communicated to the House a Message from His Excellency on the nomination of Ms. Ann Nderitu for appointment to the position of the Registrar of Political Parties and, Mr. Ali Abdullahi Surraw and Ms. Florence Tabu Birya as Assistant Registrars. Statutory provisions appertaining to these appointments require that the notification together with the nominees’ curricula vitae be referred and were referred to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for consideration pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 42(3)(c). The Committee Report contains observations, findings and recommendations on the suitability or otherwise of the nominees. To comply with the relevant provisions of the law, on Thursday, 10th September 2020, the Clerk of the National Assembly, through advertisements in the local newspapers, the Daily Nation and the Standard simultaneously, invited the public to submit memoranda by way of written statements, on oath, on the suitability of the nominees to be appointed in the said offices. Such memoranda were to be received as stipulated in the advertisements. No memoranda were received contesting the nominees’ suitability. Indeed, the Committee received memoranda in support of nomination of Ms. Ann Nderitu for appointment as the Registrar of Political Parties. The Committee conducted the vetting process for approval of the nominees on Friday, 18th September 2020, with special reference to the Constitution of Kenya and to accord to the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, the Political Parties Act, the Leadership and Integrity Act and the relevant provisions of the law. The Clerk of the National Assembly requested vide his letter dated 9th September 2020 for information regarding the nominees’ status from the following agencies: the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC), the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). The said agencies did not have any outstanding issues with Ms. Ann Nderitu, Mr. Ali Abdullahi Surraw and Ms. Florence Tabu Birya as nominees for the said 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."
}