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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology on the Vetting of a Person for Appointment as Principal Secretary, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution, approves the appointment of Dr. Dinah Jerotich Mwinzi as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Vocational and Technical Training. At the outset, I want to thank my Committee for the support they gave me as we vetted this person. We have a very qualified lady who has been proposed for appointment to the position of PS for State Department for Vocation and Technical Training. I also want to thank the President for finding it important to split Education into three departments now that we are moving forward to empower the people who are engaged in technical training. As a Committee, we hope that she will do a very good job to make sure that technical training is not just preserved for people who have not performed very well in school. As we look at the curriculum review, we can start technical training from the early stage of basic education and progress all the way to secondary and higher education, so that we can have well qualified technicians. The nominee was cleared by EACC, HELB and all other relevant authorities. We received two memoranda. One of the memoranda was from Mr. Absalom Mabachi Toili. The Committee went through it and the sworn affidavit. The Committee’s conclusion was that the issues raised in the memorandum did not directly involve Dr. Mwinzi. They were issues which had been handled by the Ministry. The complainant had been issued with a termination letter of a project and complained that he had not been paid. He had been given a chance to go to court as he had never complained before. The Committee, therefore, dismissed the petition. The second memorandum was about polytechnic instructors who had not been paid. We went through the memorandum and again the whole issue is under the Ministry. The Ministry said that they are going to pursue it even after this process is over by next year, so that we can make sure that the 1,274 instructors at the polytechnics are paid for the seven months after their contracts ended when there was a transition from the national Government to the county governments. I would like to inform this House that Dr. Mwinzi is well qualified. We looked at her academic qualifications, employment record, professional affiliations, potential conflict of interest, the knowledge of the area that she has been assigned or proposed to take, her integrity, vision, leadership, expectation and key priorities. She explained to the Committee the position she is currently holding at the Ministry of Education. Dr. Mwinzi has previously worked at the Ministry of Youth Affairs and later transferred to the Ministry of Education. She has been holding some technical jobs and she has received several compliments from various levels on the work that she has done. She holds a 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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