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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Unfortunately, her nomination has been rejected by this Committee. You will realize that she is a well-educated Kenyan. She has a Master's degree in Social Justice from the World Learning Institute in the United States of America (USA). She also has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Neuroscience, Psychology from Oberlin College in Ohio. If it was Sen. Sifuna, chances, I would have said, “Ohiyo”, something close to that. This lady is well educated. It is not for want of good education that she has been rejected. However, the Committee has pointed out that her understanding of matters environment was found to be wanting. That is what we expect of our Committees when they vet people. It is not just sufficient to say that I have gone to school. You might have gone to school, but you studied a topic that is completely unrelated to the work for which you have been nominated. If we begin to fill up our public institutions with people that have relevant knowledge and expertise, then we shall achieve great things as a country. Therefore, I want to laud the work of this Committee. It is unfortunate that a Kenyan has been denied an opportunity. However, not on account of the fact that she has gone to school but the fact that her experience was found to be wanting in that specific field. I expect that in future, if she gets another public appointment in something that is related to her training, we shall expeditiously vet and approve her. Otherwise, kudos to the team that did this and ensured that as a House, we also participate in this particular exercise. Increasingly, if you noticed from around 2015 to 2016, almost all legislative business that came to this House, so long as it made its way to the Senate and there was a process of nomination, we ensure that the vetting process was done in a bicameral manner. Unfortunately, some the vetting exercises are constitutional. Therefore, as a House, our powers are limited on what we can do but, at least, on those that are made by statute, we shall ensure that the Senate has its place, just like our colleagues in the National Assembly in vetting these nominees. So, I appreciate our team that looked into this law that ensured the Senate participates in this extremely important programme. I wish the nominees well as they begin their work. Of course, after this House passes their nomination."
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