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    "content": "(ii) Mr. John Kioli; (iii) Ms. Umra Omar; and, (iv) Dr. George Odera Outa. Hon. Members, in accordance with Section 7(4) of the Climate Change Act, 2016 as read together with Section 3 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, names of persons nominated for appointment as members of the National Climate Change Council under Subsection (2), paragraphs (f), (g), (h) and (i) are subject to approval by Parliament before appointment. Hon. Members, I hasten to clarify that whereas parliamentary approval of public appointments generally fall within the province of the National Assembly, the approval of appointment of members of the Climate Change Council is among the exceptions that the applicable law prescribes as bi-cameral approval. Indeed, you may recall that in the 11th Parliament, this House jointly with the Senate, vetted and approved appointment of the inaugural members of the Climate Change Council in 2016. For clarity, the vetting process shall proceed as follows: (i) the vetting of the nominees proposed for appointment as members of the National Climate Change Council shall be conducted by the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining, jointly sitting with the relevant committee of the Senate; (ii) the quorum of the joint sittings of the committees will be the respective quorums of each of the committees as stipulated in the Standing Orders of the respective Houses; (iii) as contemplated under Rule 9(6) of the Joint Rules, unless a decision is reached by consensus, any vote to be taken in the joint sittings of the committees shall be by the separate Houses – to ensure that the numerical difference of the individual Members representing the Houses in the joint sittings has no effect on the decisions of the joint sittings of the committees; (iv) the joint committees shall, having conducted the vetting hearings, submit a Joint Report to the respective Houses in the manner contemplated by paragraph 7 of the Joint Sitting Rule 9; and, (v) the approval process shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2012. Hon. Members, Section 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2012 provides that a Committee to which nomination of appointments is referred shall consider the matter and table a report in the House within 28 days from the date on which the notification of nomination is conveyed to the House. The Act also requires that the public be given seven days notification for submission of views regarding the suitability or otherwise of nominees proposed for appointment to an office requiring approval of Parliament."
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