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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Florence Mutua",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Mwikali Mutua",
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    "content": "provisions of Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution and Sections 3 and 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act 2011, this House approves the appointment of Prof. Fatuma N. Chege, PHD, as Principal Secretary, State Department for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms. Hon. Speaker, the Departmental Committee on Education and Research conducted an approval hearing of one Prof. Fatuma N. Chege, nominee for appointment to the position of Principal Secretary State Department for the Implementation of Curriculum Reforms in the Ministry of Education on 1st April 2021. I want to confirm to the House that the Clerk of the National Assembly followed the right procedures, which I will skip here. The Clerk invited the public to submit memoranda by way of written statements on oath affidavits on the suitability of the nominee. I can confirm to the House that by close of the deadline, the Committee had not received any submissions in support or in contention on the suitability of the nominee for appointment as the Principal Secretary for Curriculum Reforms. Further, in fulfilment of the provisions of Article 118 (1)(b) of the Constitution, Section 6(4) of the Act and Standing Order No.45(3), I confirm that the procedure was fully met. The nominee finally appeared before the Committee on Thursday, 1st April 2021 for the approval hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. The Committee made the following observations: The Committee considered the nominee’s duly filled questionnaire in accordance with Section 6(8) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, Curriculum Vitae’s report from relevant authorities, oral submissions during the approval hearing and made the following observations: 1. The nominee has a wide and very rich academic background with a Certificate in Teacher Training, Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Education, Master of Arts Education and PhD in Education with specialisation in gender and education. 2. The nominee has relevant experience and management skills having served in the public service for the last 48 years and, currently, she is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Kenyatta University administration. 3. The nominee has 30 years of teaching philosophy and sociology of education and qualitative research methods in the University. 4. She is trained and a certified teacher with five years teaching experience at O-levels of basic education in Kenya and two years tutoring in teacher training colleges. 5. The nominee served as an elected Chairperson of the Department of Education Foundation for four years and was an elected Dean School of Education for six years, Chairperson of the Kenya Education Management Institute, Chairperson of the Kenya School of Law and a member of several boards. 6. The nominee served as the Chairperson of the Presidential Taskforce on Implementation of Curriculum Reforms. 7. The nominee demonstrated adequate leadership and extensive research skills gained during her long academic period. The procedure that has been followed to arrive at the nominee is provided for under Article 155(3)(a), read with Section 47(3) of the Public Service Commission Act No.10 of 2007. It was adhered to by the selection panel and a total of three nominees presented to His Excellency the President by the Public Service Commission. 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."
}