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    "id": 603570,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "I allow the Members to settle down. Hon. Members, I have a Message on the nomination of the Chairperson and Members of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Pursuant to Section 5(1) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, I wish to notify the House that I have received a Message from His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya regarding nominations of the Chairperson and members of EACC. In the Message dated 10th November 2015, the President conveys that, in exercise of powers conferred upon him under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2015, he has nominated the following persons to the EACC:- 1. Philip K.B. Kinusu, Chairperson 2. Dabar Abdi Maalim, Member 3. Paul Mwaniki Gachoka, Member 4. Sophia Lepuchirit, Member 5. Rose Mghoi MtamboMacharia, Member (3) Hon. Members, Section 10(3) of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Act, provides:- “The National Assembly shall, within twenty one days of the day it next sits after receipt of the name of an applicant under subsection 2, vet and consider the applicant, and may approve or reject applicants for any or all vacancies in the Commission.” I hereby refer the names of the nominees, including their curriculum vitae, to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to undertake the necessary approval hearings. I wish to guide the Committee and the House as follows: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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