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    "id": 1558136,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation in its report on the approval hearings of a nominee for appointment as principal secretary, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 15th April 2025, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution and Sections 3 and 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, CAP 7F, this House approves the appointment of Mr Stephen Motari Isaboke as Principal Secretary, State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, subject to the following condition – THAT, in order to avert any potential conflict of interest with respect to the claims made relating to part ownership of GOtv Kenya Limited, the appointing authority re-assigns the nominee a different State Department, upon taking the oath of office. Procedurally, the Committee undertook the vetting of the nominee who appeared before the Committee and was fully engaged. The nominee was able to prove a number of things. For starters, he had been cleared by all the required agencies for that office. Secondly, the nominee demonstrated great patriotism. He has been nominated to the position of Principal Secretary in the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, which is tasked with the role of communication. Hon. Speaker, you were just talking about the failings in communication in the Ministry of Health on the issue of SHA. Communication in the Government is domiciled in the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications. In his presentation, the nominee convinced the Committee that he is able to express himself articulately and eloquently. As such, he demonstrated himself to be a great communicator. The nominee also presented his qualifications to our Committee. I can attest to the fact that he is not only just fit to be a Principal Secretary in the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, but even assigned any other responsibility in Government, the nominee proved his experience, expertise, patriotism and leadership. The Committee received two memoranda, one of which came from an individual called Motava. Unfortunately, this memorandum was inadmissible ab initio because it could not even get the name of the nominee right. As such, we could not admit it as a Committee. We considered it for its veracity and we found that it was not admissible. It would be sacrilegious of me as the Chairperson of the Committee to not note that we also received a memorandum from a sister Committee of this House, namely, the Public Investments Committee. In its submissions, the memorandum pointed to a potential conflict of interest which we were able to fully interrogate and even commit to the nominee who made very substantial submissions regarding that memorandum. In its consideration, the Committee engaged the nominee on the matter of his interest in GOtv Kenya Limited. I want to go on 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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