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    "content": "She has also undertaken several short courses. She met all the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity having obtained her clearance certificate just like all the other nominees. The Attorney General nominee and the Secretary to the Cabinet nominee obtained their clearance certificates from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP), to state whether they are active members or officials of political parties and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). It is also on record that this particular nominee, Hon. Peninah Malonza, has not been charged in any court of law in the past three years. In terms of her political party affiliation, and in as much as she noted she was a member of United Democratic Alliance (UDA) having ran as a Woman Representative in her home county, she does not hold office in any political party. We also noted that the nominee has never been dismissed from office under Article 75 of the Constitution for contravention of the provisions of Article 75(1) on conflict of interest or on Article 76 on financial probity or Article 77 on restriction of activities of state officers and Article 78(2) on dual citizenship, as she is a Kenyan citizen in line with our Constitution. The Committee in considering this particular nominee, if you read on page 109, stated that the nominee did not demonstrate knowledge of topical, administrative and technical issues touching on the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage. Consequently, the nominee lacks requisite abilities and experience to serve as a Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage. That is why I am stating that this recommendation by the Committee is not in any way an indictment on Hon. Peninah Malonza. We have not indicted her on her credibility in terms of her integrity in line with our Constitution, her academic qualifications or work experience. She has a very rich history, having worked as a Deputy Governor, under Governor Malombe in Kitui County. She was the Deputy Governor between 2013 and 2017; a Training Partner and Support Director for Compassion International, Kenya, between the years 2012 and 2013, and also served as the Programmes Supervisor at Compassion International during the period of 2010 to 2012. She served as a Senior Programme Facilitator as well from 2009 to 2010 and a Programme Facilitator during 2006 to 2009 for Compassion International. She also served as a Project Director for Changamwe Baptist Church between 2002 and 2006 and a Project Coordinator for AMREF at Kibera based health community care programme in 1999. I am only enumerating this because it may be misconstrued that having looked at her qualifications and integrity, the Committee found nothing that would make her pass or suitable as Cabinet nominee for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage. It is only out of the one interview and it is good to mention, and many of us in this House may take it for granted, that when you walk into an interview room where you find Members of Parliament that probably you only see on television staring at you, with close to 30 or 40 cameras focusing on you, it is probable that a nominee panics and becomes anxious. I saw this happen not just to this particular nominee but to at least four others. They panicked, become anxious, lost their line of thinking and at times forgot simple and basic things. At times, it took Members to crack a joke or two to make them relax. We must appreciate that this lady, besides having been a Deputy Governor, lost as Deputy Governor in 2017 when Governor Malombe lost elections. Nonetheless, she recollected herself and ran for the position of Woman Representative under UDA ticket in her home county and as you know, Kitui County was not a UDA or Kenya Kwanza stronghold but she did extremely well. Having come from an election that she had lost and having gotten subjected to a gruelling vetting for close to two hours with cameras focusing on her, she must have been a bit shaken. 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."
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