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    "content": "3. Amb. (Dr.) Richard Ekai Titus - Mining In vetting those nominees, the Committee was guided by Standing Order No.216 (1)(5) which not only establishes the Committee but also stipulates the functions of the Committee to include vetting of appointees to the Ministries that we oversee. The Departmental Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources oversees the Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Mining. Article 155(1) of our Constitution establishes the offices of Principal Secretaries and requires the President to nominate a person for appointment as Principal Secretary with the approval of Parliament. The approval process begins with the Committee vetting the nominees. This process was not only informed by the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011, but the Committee also looked at the job description of a Principal Secretary. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is worth to note that unlike the Cabinet Secretary, the Principal Secretary is actually the administrative head of the department he has been appointed to. So, our Committee did focus much on the technical knowhow of the nominees and their understanding of the Government financial management, procurement and human resource management. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we also looked at the comprehension of those nominees on the subject matter of the Ministries or departments they have been nominated for appointment. Upon the referral by the Speaker and in accordance with Article 6(9) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011, the Committee placed advertisements in the newspapers to invite the nominees and members of the public to present any memoranda for or against the nominees. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee also wrote to the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC), the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). All those institutions responded on 13th June, 2013, to confirm that none of the three nominees owed any money to HELB, they were all tax compliant and there were no investigations - on-going or past - involving any of them. We also looked at their compliance to the Constitution and wish to confirm that all the three nominees were recommended for appointment by the Public Service Commission to the President. On the individual nominees, the nominee for Water, Mr. James Teko Lopoyetum was born in 1957 in West Pokot. He went to School at St. Joseph, Kitale and Kakamega High School. He is a holder of Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics and Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Economics, all from Jaipur University, India. He joined the Central Bank of Kenya in 1984 and has risen through the ranks to now, the Director of Currency and Operations. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Mr. Lopoyetum as a development economist showed the Committee his high comprehension of the role of water distribution and storage in the economic development of our country, he showed great commitment to fight corruption"
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