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    "content": "Service, received the name of hon. Justice Kalpana Rawal and directed that the name and the curriculum vitae of the said nominee be referred to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for vetting and report to the House on or before the 28th May 2013.We have complied with the order of the hon. Speaker, as we have already tabled the report. The Committee in various meetings, which continued into late hours--- We held a total of seven meetings in which we considered the suitability of the nominee as presented to the Committee. We held a total of seven meetings and we carried out formal vetting in accordance with the provisions of the Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act of 2011 for appointment to the Position of the Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to sincerely thank the hon. Members o f the Committee for putting long hours into this process. Many hon. Members at times sat until 9.30 p.m. to try and ensure that we had a vetting report that was well prepared. Indeed, we were prepared, contrary to some speculation by a section of the media that we were not prepared. Questions were prepared considering the documents that had already been presented by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) through the Chief Justice. We looked at those documents and we then formulated the questions that we needed to put to the nominee. I would also like to thank members of staff of Parliament for being so gracious and generous. I would like to particularly pick on one gentleman by the name Wasike, who, despite the condition of his child who had undergone surgery during this period, was able to sit long hours until 1.00 a.m. in some cases. We thank him very much. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, since this report has now been circulated, and I am sure hon. Members have had opportunity of going through it, I will only mention the salient features of it as many hon. Members have already perused it. I would like to thank them for going through the report. I would like to mention the main issues that we considered as a Committee when the nominee appeared before us One of the things that we were considering, as required by the Act, was the knowledge, experience and qualifications in the context of the JSC nomination. We also vetted her on the basis of a vision and reforms that are being undertaken by the JSC at the moment. The other key criteria that the Committee vetted the nominee on was her competence, presentation, jurisprudence, integrity and morality. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that we considered was controversial cases that the nominee has had the opportunity to make decisions on. In particular, we looked at the case of Gor Sunguh, who was a former Member of Parliament, and was the Chairman of the Committee that was probing the disappearance and death of the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Robert Ouko. We were concerned with the hefty costs that were awarded to Mr. Oraro in this particular case. One of the things that hon. Members of this Committee put to the nominee was whether the amount that she awarded to Mr. Oraro was commensurate to a simple defamation of character. We received a response and she defended her judgment, but we did not wholly agree with her. The other case that was of concern to the Committee was a case she presided over, the Tribunal inquiring into the murder of Dr. Chrispin Odhiambo Mbai; in"
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