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    "id": 524693,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I wish to give this Message from His Excellency the President, No. 3 of 2015. It relates to the nomination of Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett for appointment to the position of Inspector General of Police. Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 42(1) of the National Assembly Standing Orders, I wish to convey a Message from His Excellency the President asking Parliament to approve one Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett for appointment as the Inspector General of Police. In the Message, His Excellency the President conveys that, in exercise of powers vested in him under Article 245(2)(a) of the Constitution and Section 12 (2) of the National Police Service Act (No. 11A of 2011) as amended by the Security Laws (Amendment) Act 2014, he nominates Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett for appointment to the position of Inspector General of Police. Article 245(2) (a) of the Constitution states: “The Inspector-General is appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament.” Further, Section 12 of the National Police Service Act (No. 11A of 2011) as amended by Section 11 of the National Police Service (Amendment) Act 2014 and further amendment by Section 86 on the Security Laws (Amendment) Act 2014 reads and I quote- “12(1) Pursuant to Article 245(2) (a) of the Constitution, the Inspector- General of the Service shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Parliament. (2) The President shall, within fourteen days after a vacancy occurs in the office of the Inspector-General, nominate a person for appointment as an Inspector-General and submit the name of the nominee to Parliament.” Hon. Members, you may recall that the approval of appointment of the immediate former Inspector-General of Police was granted by the National Assembly acting as both the National Assembly and the Senate in terms of Paragraph 11 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. I wish therefore to note that this is the first instance that the two Houses of Parliament are required to approve the appointment of a candidate to a public office during the existence of the two Houses of Parliament. In this regard, a couple of unprecedented aspects with regard to the process would be expected to arise."
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