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"speaker_name": "Runyenjes, UDA",
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"content": "selection panel on her recruitment to the Departmental Committee on Labour, to conduct the approval hearings and report to the House. While referring the nominee to the Committee for approval hearing, the Speaker directed that the Committee undertakes the vetting within 28 days, pursuant to Section 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011. The Speaker further directed that the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly facilitates the Committee to notify the nominee and the general public of the time and the place of holding the approval hearing through advertisement in the two newspapers with nationwide circulation and the Parliamentary website. In compliance with the Article 118(b) of the Constitution, and Section 8(4) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011, the Committee published an advertisement in the print media on Thursday, 15th June 2023 informing the public of the nomination, date, time and place of the approval hearing. The Committee also invited the public to submit memoranda by way of written statements on oath on suitability of the nominee to hold office as required by Section 6(9) of the of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011. The memoranda were to be received on or before Thursday, 22nd June 2023 at 5.00 p.m. At the close of the deadline, the Committee had not received any memoranda for or against the nominee’s suitability to hold the office. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Committee also sought references and conducted background checks on the suitability of the nominee to hold office from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), and the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP). All the agencies had no opposition to the nominee being appointed to the office. The nominee appeared before the Committee on Friday, 23rd June 2023, for the approval hearing, during which the Committee examined her suitability to the office based on the criteria set out in Section 7 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011. In addition, the Committee examined her academic credentials, relevant experience, knowledge of sector issues and on leadership and integrity. The Committee paid due regard to the procedure used to arrive at the nominee, constitutional or statutory requirements relating to the office in question, and suitability of the nominee for the appointment proposed, having regard to whether the nominee’s abilities, experience and qualities met the needs of the Salaries and Renumeration Commission (SRC). The Committee, having considered the nominee’s filled questionnaire, pursuant to Section 6(8) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011, the nominee’s CV, and having heard her oral submissions during the approval hearings, made the following observations on the nominee’s suitability for appointment as member of SRC: 1. THAT, in accordance with Article 78(1 and 2) of the Constitution, the nominee is eligible for appointment to a state office since she is a Kenyan citizen born in 1948, in Kiambu County, and does not hold dual citizenship. 2. THAT, the nominee meets the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution on leadership and integrity. 3. THAT, the nominee has not been charged in a court of law in the past three years. 4. THAT, the nominee does not hold office in any political party. 5. THAT, the nominee has never been dismissed from office under Article 75 of the Constitution. 6. THAT, the nominee demonstrated knowledge on topical, administrative and technical issues of SRC and the public service. 7. THAT, on the matter of suitability as envisioned in Article 12(1)(a) and Chapter 6 of the Constitution, in the matter of Kenya Young Parliamentarians Associations 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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