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    "id": 1582436,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1582436/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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    "content": "(KFS), despite the fact that there was the approval of the Board on 12th July 2024, and justification for award of six months extension of tenure. 2. The steps being taken to confirm that Mr Daniel Mungai as a substantive Director-General of Kenya Fisheries Service so as to ensure operational continuity of the service, including the timelines. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the answers I have here, which were submitted by the Cabinet Secretary, are not satisfactory. I can say as the Chair of the Committee that I am not even convinced that the answer that was submitted to this House is satisfactory. The question was very easy. Mr Daniel Mungai was appointed as the Director-General of the Kenya Fisheries on 6th October 2020 for a term of four years. After four years, the last year according to the Act, the Director-General was supposed to apply for a renewal of a second term. The Board of Management for KFS sat and agreed to extend the term of Mr Mungai for a second term and the minutes are there. The Chairman of the Board wrote to the Cabinet Secretary asking for concurrence or no objection to the Board resolution. The Cabinet Secretary then, Hon. Mvurya, wrote back directly to Mr Mungai that his term was not going to be extended. Remember, it is the Board who wrote the letter to the Cabinet Secretary conveying the resolutions of the Board. However, the Cabinet Secretary chose not to write to the Chair of the Board, but wrote directly to Mr Mungai declining the extension. In between, His Excellency the President dissolved the Cabinet and the Prime Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, took over as the Ag. Cabinet Secretary for all the institutions, including the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime affairs. At that time, the Board again wrote a letter to the Prime Cabinet Secretary giving them the resolutions of the Board. The Prime Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, after looking at the Board resolution, approved Mr Mungai to serve for a second term of four years. Hon. Temporary Speaker, two weeks after that..."
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