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    "id": 533987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "(a) by deleting subclause (5) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— ―(5) The President shall, within fourteen days of the expiry of the period prescribed under subsection (2), constitute a selection panel comprising one representative from— (a) the Office of the President; (b) the Ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to finance; (c) the office of the Attorney-General; (d) the Ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to the public service; (e) the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya; and (f) the Association of Professional Societies of East Africa, for the purpose of considering the applicants and selecting at least three persons qualified for appointment as Auditor- General: Provided that for the purposes of selection and shortlisting of the said three persons, the selection panel shall hold its proceedings in public and submit to Parliament a report of the interview proceedings, which should include inter alia, scores of each candidate interviewed by individual members of the interviewing panel together with the criteria used in selecting the names forwarded‖; (b) in subclause (6) by deleting the words ―Public Service Commission‖ and substituting therefor the words ―selection panel‖; (c) in subclause (9) (b) by deleting the words ―Public Service Commission‖ and substituting therefor the words ―selection panel‖; (d) in subclause (12) by deleting the words ― selection committee convened under subsection (4).‖ and substituting therefor the words ―selection panel convened under subsection (5).‖ The object of this amendment is really to create a selection panel which will interview the Auditor-General. I agree with hon. Gumbo that the President shall nominate. However, what we are doing here is giving the procedure for that nomination process. After consultation, we arrived at a conclusion that it should be the President himself to constitute the selection panel and we have listed the membership of that selection panel: Office of the President, Ministry responsible for finance, Office of the Auditor-General, Ministry responsible for matters relating to public service, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), and Association of Professional Societies of East Africa. That is basically to remove subjectivity and to give the President the best from which now the President can select. The other clauses there are just to align the Bill to what we have passed in the other sub-clause 5."
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