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    "id": 1029976,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "The Committee went through the curriculum vitae (CV) of the nominee and found that she is a Kenyan citizen without dual citizenship born in Kiambu in 1977. She has a Law Degree from Makerere University, Postgraduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law and Master’s Degree from the United States International University Africa (USIU). These are the basic requirements that were required for appointment as a Data Commissioner. The nominee has experience spanning over 17 years in various senior management positions including those she held at the IEBC as a Director of Voter Registration and the Institute for Education in Democracy (IED), in line with the requirements on knowledge and relevant experience of not less than 10 years as spelt out in Section 7(1)(b) of the Data Protection Act, 2019. On Chapter Six of the Constitution, the nominee was cleared by all the Government agencies. She was cleared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the political parties, and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) on payment of her loan. The Public Service Commission (PSC) advertised the position of Data Commissioner. Shortlisting and interviews were done, and this nominee was ranked number one. She was among the three names that were submitted by the PSC to the President. The President sent her name to Parliament. As I had said, as a Committee, we received three memorandums and considered them. In response on the ICJ memorandum, the nominee observed that ICJ had not demonstrated her personal culpability on the issues raised in their memorandum. The memorandum did not directly implicate her in her personal capacity, but IEBC as a corporate body. The former Chairman of IEBC, Mr. Ahmed Isaack Hassan and Ms. Anne W. Ireri, the Executive Director of FIDA-Kenya supported the appointment of the nominee in their memorandums. They lauded her competence, dedication and requisite skills as is set out in law. The nominee held various positions and the Committee was satisfied that, as per the law, she is qualified. The Committee sat and went through all the memorandums and made recommendations after conducting approval hearings of the nominee pursuant to Section 6(4) of the Data Protection Act, 2019; Section 8(1) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No. 33 of 2011 and the National Assembly Standing Order No. 45(4) to determine the nominee’s suitability for appointment in the Office of the Data Commissioner. Therefore, the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation recommends that this House approves the nomination of Ms. Immaculate Kassait for appointment as Data Commissioner by his Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya. I move and request my colleague, Hon. Anthony Oluoch to second."
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