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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamau",
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    "content": "submitted to the Committee by Mr. Dennis Kuti against the nomination of Mr. Victor Kyalo. Unfortunately, it was not signed. Therefore, we rejected it and it was not subject to any deliberation by the Committee. Mr. Sammy Itemere is a senior manager with a wealth of experience spanning over a period of 20 years in retail corporate enterprise banking as well bank operations. He exhibited experience in that field. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Economics from the University of Pune, India, where he also obtained his MBA. He has a lot of experience because of having worked for quite a number of institutions in the banking sector. He worked at the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB). Within the banking sector, he rose through the ranks to become the Managing Director of Equatorial Bank. He did not show any potential conflict of interest. We went further to point out to him issues before the position he has been nominated for appointment. He talked about a raft of things, including his personal plan, vision, commitment to the docket of broadcasting and communication. The Committee was satisfied that he is capable of doing what he stated. High staff turnover was an issue to him. He said he will look into it and see what he can achieve in a short span of time to turn around this particular parastatal. The candidate satisfied the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity. He had been cleared by the Criminal Investigation Department, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on tax compliance and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). He has neither been charged with a criminal offence in a court of law nor been dismissed from office for contravening the provisions of Article 75 of the Constitution. He has the necessary qualifications and a wealth of experience which make him suitable for the position he has been nominated for appointment. Hon. Speaker, Eng. Kyalo is the nominee for the position of Principal Secretary for State Department of ICT and Innovation. He appeared before the Committee on 11th December, 2015. Before he appeared, the Committee noted that there was a letter from the EACC – which has been a subject of discussion in this House – which appeared to say that he had issues pending before the EACC. We called the EACC first. We wanted them to tell us what issues were pending before them that would make the nominee unsuitable for appointment. Two days later, they wrote to us and said that they had cleared the candidate. We wanted to know the reasons for declaring the candidate unsuitable in the first instance. When the EACC appeared before us, they clarified that their initial declaration had to do with some payments that were made to him as part of his retirement benefits from the institution he was working before. According to them, he had been overpaid but he eventually paid back the overpaid amount in 2011. As a Committee, we concluded that, that should not have been part of the issues to be brought to us by the EACC. The candidate has worked in the ICT sector for a number of years. He holds a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering and a Diploma in Electronic Engineering from Eind Hoven Technical University in Holland. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Nairobi. He has a number of years of work experience. He is currently the Chief Executive of the ICT Authority (ICTA). Hon. Speaker, Mr. Andrew Kamau is the Principal Secretary nominee for State Department for Petroleum. He has been working in the energy and mining sector in Africa for the last 25 years. He has worked for multinational companies in Africa and major trading organisations in Europe. He was awarded “Africa Oil and Gas Deal Maker of the year 2005” by 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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