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    "id": 1278640,
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    "content": "Hon. Members, as you may recall, I presented the President’s Message as a Communication. It still stands as a Message on the Director of Public Prosecutions. I have a second Message from the President. Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 42, I wish to convey the following Message from His Excellency the President regarding nomination of a person for appointment as Chairperson of the Board of the Central Bank of Kenya. In the Message, Hon. Members, His Excellency the President conveys that, in exercise of powers conferred by Section 13(b) of the Central Bank of Kenya Act (CAP 491), as read together with Section 5 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011 he nominates Mr. Andrew Mukite Musangi for appointment as the Chairperson of the Board of the Central Bank of Kenya. The President, therefore, seeks the approval of the Parliament on the said nomination. Hon. Members, Section 11(2A) of the Central Bank of Kenya Act (Cap. 491 of the Laws of Kenya) reads, and I quote: “The Chairperson shall be appointed by the President through a transparent and competitive process and with the approval of Parliament and shall hold office for a term of four years but shall be eligible for reappointment for one further term.” Hon. Members, you may wish to note that the approval of appointment of a Chairperson of the Board of the Central Bank of Kenya is another one of the exceptions where the applicable law prescribes approval by Parliament. Indeed, the House continues to conduct such exercises jointly with the Senate. Therefore, just for clarity, the vetting process shall proceed in the following manner: 1. The vetting of the nominee proposed for appointment as Chairperson of the Board of the Central Bank of Kenya shall be conducted by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning of the National Assembly, jointly sitting with the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget of the Senate; 2. 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; 3. 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 separate Houses. This will 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; 4. 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 Joint Rule No.9; and, 5. That, the approval process shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011. Hon. Members, whereas the Central Bank of Kenya Act does not provide specific timelines within which the House is to consider the nominee, Section 8 of the Public 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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