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    "content": "my pleasure and privilege on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade to present and commend this report of the vetting of Principal Secretaries nominees for debate and approval by the House pursuant to Article No.133 of the Constitution. I want to start by thanking the hon. Members who sat the whole day, one Wednesday and we were able to accomplish the job that was before us of vetting five nominees. I think my Committee dealt with the highest number, and I want to say thank you to my Members because we sat from morning to evening and we were able to talk to all of them. We were able to do the report and I am proud that I am the first one to present the report with the maximum number of nominees whom we were able to vet. I do not want to say much because basically my Committee was unanimous in the decision we reached in terms of approving all the nominees. In fact, we were 100 percent unanimous that we should approve them without any reservations whatsoever. The nominees who were presented to us, in terms of academic qualifications, met the threshold. All of them are actually holders of degrees. If you look at, for example, Dr. Kamau Thugge, who is a nominee for the National Treasury, he is a distinguished economist with a PhD in Economics from Johns Hopkins University. He impressed the Committee in terms of the knowledge that he has about the economy and the job which he is going to do. He has worked for mainly two organizations. He started his employment in the International Monetary Fund (IMF); he came back to the Ministry of Finance and again went to IMF. I said he is a distinguished person and on integrity issues, he has no case on integrity, and nobody has ever followed him on anything. On issues of Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), he has been cleared. There was no adverse affidavit from any member of the public against Dr. Thugge. So, simply I ask the House to approve his appointment as the Principal Secretary for the National Treasury. I believe with the challenges that Kenyans are facing in the economy; he is one gentleman who can help to sought out those challenges. I believe he is one guy who is up to those challenges so that our economy is stabilized. The other nominee we talked to is Mr. Konchella. He holds an MBA from Daystar University. He holds an undergraduate degree too. He worked for the National Bank of Kenya for 26 years rising from a junior officer to a senior manager. Last year he decided to resign to go and vie for the seat of Governor of Narok County. I believe that he has passion now that he offered to leave his job so that he could contest as a county governor. He impressed when working as a banker. He has been a chairman of the Kenya Bankers Association. He has done many things. I believe that if he is given an opportunity he will deliver. I know that there are many challenges. So many things have not been understood. It is still a new beginning for our country in terms of devolution. I believe he will do his best to ensure that everybody understands devolution. On the issue of borrowing by county governments, he told us that we will allow county governments to borrow, but assist them to manage the risks, for example, the exchange rates. As the Chairman of this Committee plus my Members, I would like to request the House to approve the name of this nominee for the position of Principal Secretary in charge of devolution. Let us approve Mr. Konchellah for this docket."
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