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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": ", as we say in law, by going beyond the list of names submitted to this House through the Clerk of the House from the Office of his Excellency the President vide a letter dated 7th March, 2012. I raised that matter specifically with regard to an admission by the Committee that it did decide to invite all persons that the panel had an opportunity to interview during the vetting process. Allow me without belabouring the point to refer you to page 5 of the Report of the Committee that says:- “Mr. Speaker, Sir, having considered the memorandum from the various groups on the suitability of the nominees to the National Police Service Commission, the Committee in its 27th sitting held on Wednesday, 2nd May, 2012, resolved to invite all the persons shortlisted for the position of Chairperson of the Commission.” The Committee goes further to indicate that further:- “The Committee sought to establish whether the selection panel had conducted a fair interview based on merit to select the best candidate.” This Committee was exercising a statutory mandate. That mandate is clearly set forth in Section 6 of the National Police Service Commission Act of 2011. Allow me just for the record to indicate the procedure that the law expects in the whole process. Section 6(3) of the law that was enacted by this House last year says as follows:- “The Selection Panel shall within seven days of its convening, vide an advertisement in, at least, two newspapers of national circulation, invite applications from persons who qualify for nomination and appointment for the position of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission under Article 246(2) (a) of the Constitution and this Act.” The law then goes ahead to provide the detailed procedure of how the panel is to undertake its mandate, and the panel is required to shortlist three qualified applicants for the position of Chairperson, shortlist eight qualified applicants for the positions of the Members of the Commission and forward the names of the qualified persons under paragraph (e) and (f) to the President. In exercise of that mandate, the panel did conduct its mandate. In a letter dated 22nd February, 2012, which I will proceed to table for the record, the panel did, in fulfillment of the requirement of Section 63(e) and (f), forwarded a list of three names for the position of Chairperson. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to read those three names for the record. The names are Mr. Johnston M. Kavuludi, Mr. Murshid Mohammed and Ms. Amina Masoud. The panel also did forward the following eight names for members of the Commission. They are Lawrence Sinyale, Esther Chui-Colombini, Ronald L. Musengi, James Atema, Bernard Mbai, Maj. (Rtd) Billow Khalid, Dr. Maj. Mui Mutia and Mary Owuor. This letter which I table is the communication from the panel forwarding the three shortlisted names for the position of Chairperson and the eight shortlisted names for the position of members in accordance with section 6(3)(e) and (f) of the law. The law is clear. Upon receipt of those names, the law says as follows in Section 6(5):- “The President shall, if he approves, within 14 days of receipt of the names of successful applicants forwarded under Sub-Section 4(g) select the Chairperson and members of the Commission and forward the names of the persons who are selected to the National Assembly for approval.” In fulfillment of that mandate and in strict adherence to that provision of the law, in a letter dated 7th March, 2012 from the Office of the President addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly, the President forwarded the following names. For the position of the Chairperson, the President forwarded the name of Amina Masoud. For the position of Members, the President forwarded the names of Esther Chui-Colombini, Ronald L. Musengi, James Atema, Dr. Maj. Mui Shadrack Mutia, EBS and Ms. MaryAuma Owuor. This letter which I also table is in tandem with the authority given to the President by Section 6(5) of the National Police Service Commission Act."
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