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    "id": 1470856,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) as required under the law. Further, the clerks of the two Houses also wrote to the same institutions, seeking reference and background checks relating to the suitability of the nominee. These are legal requirements that are mandatory. It should be received as we vet the nominee. Further, the Clerks of the two Houses of Parliament went forward to receive these responses. Pursuant to Article 118 of the Constitution, Section 6(3) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, Standing Order No.45(3) of the National Assembly and Standing Order No.77(2) of the Senate Standing Orders, the Clerks of the two Houses of Parliament, by way of advertisement in the print media notified the general public of the intention of the Joint Committee to conduct public approvals. It is important for the public and this House to know that public participation is no longer optional, it is mandatory. That is why the Constitution of the Republic and Article 118 comes to play. This is to enable us to know from the public what they think of a nominee, whether a Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary or the Inspector-General of the National Police Service (NPS). The Joint Committee conducted the approval hearing on Thursday, 15th August, 2024. In conducting the approval hearing, the Joint Committee was guided by the provisions of the Constitution, the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, the National Police Service Act, the National Assembly Standing Orders and the Senate Standing Orders. Those are the legal provisions that guided the Joint Committee during the approval hearings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the interest of time, I would request my colleagues to refer to chapter three as they go through this Report. The Report of this Joint Committee is well detailed. Every aspect of what transpired during the approval hearings are captured very well in this detailed Report. It is in chapter three of the report, from paragraph 36 all the way. If you want to know what transpired, including the responses by the nominee and his mind-set on the issues that are pertinent in his leadership if approved, it is captured in chapter three of the Report. In the interest of time, I will stop at that. I will go to the Joint Committee's observations based on the approval hearings. The Joint Committee observed that a total of 30 memoranda were received with regard to the suitability of the nominee. Memoranda from the public must fulfil certain requirements. It should be supported by an affidavit and evidence. That is also mandatory. So, out of the 30, only two fulfilled the requirements of the law. It had an affidavit in support and the evidence. The issues raised in the two memoranda contesting the suitability of the nominee was sufficiently and satisfactorily addressed by the nominee, and do not provide sufficient evidence to warn the disqualification of the nominee for appointment to the position of Inspector-General of the National Police Service. Again, the full details of those issues raised by the two Kenyans are also contained in the Report. They include the complaints, the response by the nominee and the analysis by the Joint Committee as to whether those two complaints can stop the approval of the nominee. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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