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    "id": 615947,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the Vetting of Persons for Appointment as Principal Secretaries, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 16th December, 2015, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution, approves the appointment of Mr. Charles Sunkuli as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Environment; and Dr. Margaret Mwakima as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Natural Resources. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the Provisions of Standing Order No.199(6), it is my pleasure, privilege and honour, to present to this House the report of the vetting of Mr. Charles Sunkuli and Dr. Margaret Mwakima as Principal Secretaries. The Committee held three meetings to deal with this mater. None of the two nominees received adverse reports against them. Therefore, we went ahead and did a vetting exercise for the two. It is our pleasure to note that Mr. Charles Sunkuli, who is currently the Managing Director of Ewaso Nyiro South River Basin Authority, has a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Moi University. He also has an Executive Masters of Business Administration from ESAMI, Tanzania. The candidate has a lot of knowledge on environmental matters. In fact, one of the regional authorities he was heading will be under the State Department, where he will be the Principal Secretary. We had interacted with this candidate even prior to him being appointed the Principal Secretary. We note that he holds the regional authority with the least amount of pending bills. The other regional authorities have quite hefty pending bills. Therefore, he is definitely a better manager of resources and we noted this while vetting him. Dr. Margaret Mwakima has a very strong academic background on environmental matters. She has a PhD in Eco-Tourism Management and would be bringing a wealth of experience in natural resource management. We, therefore, concluded that Mr. Sunkuli and Dr. Mwakima are qualified and suitable to serve as Principal Secretaries in the State Department for Environment and Natural Resources. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the National Assembly approves the appointment of the two. In addition to this approval, my Committee would like to make two further recommendations. First, as part of job orientation, the PSs should be given an urgent orientation on financial management to enable them to be at par since they come from different backgrounds. Secondly, as already alluded to by an Hon. Member while contributing to the previous Special Motion, the Government should focus on the need for internal promotion of persons in the Ministries rather than appointing PSs from outside. It is our view that there are many public servants who have served this country diligently, and who are able to rise to the level of Deputy Secretary and eventually become PS. Such persons end up retiring very disillusioned. I believe that, for purposes of strengthening our Public Service, the PSC should try its best to have a higher percentage of persons being recommended for appointment as PSs from individuals who have worked in the public service."
}