{"id":33253,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/33253/?format=json","text_counter":9,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, I have the following Communication to make. Sections 6 and 7 of the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Act of 2011, Act No.2 of that year, provides for the establishment and membership of the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board. Section 7 inter alia states:- “The Board shall consist of nine members comprising a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and seven other members of whom:- (a) six shall be citizens of Kenya appointed in accordance with Section 9(1) to (12) and of whom, three shall be lawyers; and, (b) three shall be non-citizens of Kenya appointed in accordance with Section 9(13).” Further, Section 9(7) provides:- “The President, in consultation with the Prime Minister, shall within seven days of receipt of the names of the selected candidates under sub-Section 6 nominate a chairperson and five other persons for appointment as members of the Board and forward the names to the National Assembly.”"}