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    "content": "established under Section 106 of the former Constitution would continue to serve on the JSC until the new PSC is established. The Committee considered this nominee at a meeting held on November 24th 2010. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Titus Gatere holds a Master of Science Degree in Management from Arthur Little Institute of Management Education in Boston, USA. He has served as the Chairman of PSC since 2005. He has represented the Commission on the JSC since then. Mr. Gatere has also been a member of the National Audit Commission as well as member of the African Association of Public Administration and Management. He previously worked in various capacities at the Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA) where he rose through the ranks to become the Director and Chief Executive between 1996 and 2005. Mr. Gatere is involved in a number of community activities including chairing the school Board of Governors in one of the secondary schools in his rural home. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee found Mr. Gatere duly qualified on the basic evaluation grounds of academic qualification, professional competence, moral probity and apparent political non-partisanship. Finally, the Committee considered two nominess nominated by His Excellency the President to represent members of the public in the Commission. Through a letter dated November 16th 2010, the Office of the President did forward the names of Bishop Antony Muheria and Prof. Christine Kevin Abungu Mango to the National Assembly as nominees of His Excellency the President to represent the public in the JSC. In respect of Bishop Antony Muheria Ngugi, the Committee did know that he is a holder of a Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) from the UoN and currently serves as the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kitui. Bishop Muheria has also taken undergraduate studies in theology from Holycross University in Rome where he also has a Doctorate in Systematic Theology. He serves in various capacities within the Kenya Episcopal Conference. In considering this nominee at its meeting held on November 24th, the Committee did note that Bishop Muheria was among the church leaders who had been strongly opposed to some provisions of the Constitution, including Kadhi’s Courts and pro-choice fundamental rights and freedoms. The Committee engaged the bishop at length on the critical question as to whether his views would negatively influence his handling of judicial officers linked to such issues and was satisfied---"
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