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    "id": 1284743,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into considerations the findings of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in its Report on the vetting of a nominee for approval as Director of Public Prosecutions, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 14th September 2023, and pursuant to Article 157(2) of the Constitution and Section 8(1) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, this House approves the appointment of Mr Renson Mulele Ingonga, OGW, as the Director of Public Prosecutions. Hon. Speaker, this Report contains the proceedings and deliberations of the Committee on the approval hearing of Mr Renson Mulele Ingonga, a nominee for appointment as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the country. The name of the nominee was forwarded to this House by His Excellency the President vide a communication dated, 17th August 2023. We, thereafter, conducted the approval hearings. I wish to inform the House that going by the Members of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, this was more of a peer review as Mr Ingonga is actually an experienced advocate who has worked in many sectors of the country, including the Lands Office and the Office of the DPP. During the vetting process, apart from myself and my Vice Chairperson, Mr. Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse, we had a seasoned lawyer, Hon. Farah Maalim. We had another long-serving 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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