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    "id": 38429,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I remember when we went through the vetting process of the judicial officers; the Chief Justice (CJ), Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). People were asking: “Fine, we like the vetting, but where is the benchmark? Is it methodological? Was it done objectively?” This Bill is going to address many, if not all of those concerns. I like this Bill because, first, it has given us a procedure of vetting public appointees. This particular Bill is not only addressing those officers or offices which the Constitution requires Parliament to approve, but also goes a step further to even include those offices where Parliamentary approval is required through other legislation. Any appointing authority who is required by law to appoint an officer who will require Parliamentary approval, will be expected, through this legislation, to notify in writing the Clerk of the relevant House, whether Senate or Kenya National Assembly, of the intended nomination. This notification will be accompanied by information concerning that particular nominee. I remember when we were going through the vetting process for the position of the DPP. We kept on asking: “Where is the information? How would we know whether the process that was followed was credible?” We had nowhere to confirm that. As opposed to the appointment of CJ and the DCJ, in this other case, we had no reference point. This Bill is going to make it mandatory for anybody who is forwarding any name of any nominee to Parliament for approval to accompany that proposal with information about that nominee. That information will be received by Parliament through the Clerk. The Clerk will be required then to invite the relevant Committee of the House, which will then fix a date and get a place for what we would call an approval hearing. This will be made known to the members of public seven days before the actual date. Nothing could be clearer than this and that is why I congratulate hon. Mungatana. At least, now Kenyans will know the process. As hon. Mungatana gave an example, if we want to appoint the person to occupy the Office of the Attorney General, Kenyans will know that the moment there is a proposal or nominee by the appointing authority, there is a clear procedure of how that person will be vetted until the time he finally occupies that position."
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