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    "id": 1097719,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Florence Mutua",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Mwikali Mutua",
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    "content": "(i) Dr. Nicodemus Ojuma Anyang – Member. (ii) Ms. Christine K. Kahindi – Member. (iii) Ms. Sharon Jelagat Kisire – Member. (iv) Ms. Annceta G. Wafukho – Member. (v) Mr. Salesa Adano Abudo – Member. Hon. Speaker, in keeping with the requirements of Standing Order No.42(2), on Thursday, 12th August 2021, you conveyed a Message from His Excellency the President to the House on nomination of five persons for appointment to the position of member for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The names of the five nominees and their curriculum vitae were referred to the Departmental Committee on Education and Research for vetting under the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011. Conscious of the central role of the TSC in the education sector and noting the un- precedented nature of the early learning and basic education calendar for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, the Committee was requested to expeditiously consider and conclude the matter within the stipulated timelines, which we have done. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6(9) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, the Clerk of the National Assembly placed an advertisement in the print media on Tuesday, 17th August 2021, inviting the public to submit memoranda by way of written statements on oath or affidavits on the suitability of the nominees in conformity with Section 6(9) of the Act. The advertisement indicated that the submissions were to be received by Tuesday, 24th August 2021, at 5.00 p.m. By close of the submission deadline, the Committee had not received any submissions in support or contesting the suitability of the nominees to hold the office to which they had been nominated for. Further, in fulfilment of the provisions of Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution, Section 6(4) of the Act and the Standing Order No.45(3), the Clerk of the National Assembly, on Tuesday, 17th August 2021, placed an advertisement in the print media notifying the public on the intention by the Departmental Committee on Education and Research to conduct the approval hearings of the nominees on Thursday, 26th August 2021, from 9.00 a.m. To fulfil the requirement on personal integrity, the Clerk of the National Assembly, on Monday, 16th August 2021, wrote to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Registrar of Political Parties and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to ascertain the nominees’ good standing with the said Government institutions. The nominees were also required to submit clearance letters from the said institutions. The nominees appeared before the Committee on Thursday, 26th August 2021 for approval hearings in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Act and the National Assembly Standing Orders on their suitability or otherwise, for appointment to the position of member of the TSC. During the approval hearing, the Committee considered the nominees’ duly filled questionnaires, curriculum vitae, candidates’ academic credentials, professional training, experience, personal integrity and background, reports from the relevant authorities and oral submissions. We made the following observations as a Committee: That, Section 5(1) of the Teachers Service Commission Act, No. 20 of 2012, provides that the TSC shall consist of a chairperson and eight other members appointed in accordance with Article 250 of the Constitution. Currently, the TSC has only four serving commissioners who were 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."
}