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    "id": 723348,
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion:- That pursuant to Section 7 of the Climate Change Act 2016, Section 8(1), the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act 2011, and Senate Standing Order No.65, the Senate adopts the report of the Joint Sitting of the Senate Standing Committee on Lands and Natural Resources and the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the vetting of nominees for appointment to the National Climate Change Council laid on the table of the Senate on Wednesday, December 28th, 2016 and approves the recommendations of the Committee as follows: i) Approves the nomination of Messrs. Suresh Patel and John Kioli for appointment to the National Climate Change Council; ii) Rejects the nomination of Cynthia Wachabe and Dr. Jane Mutheu for appointment to the National Climate Change Council; and iii) Recommends that the appointing authority submits nominees of the female gender to represent the marginalized communities and the Commission for University Education as prescribed by The Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the 14th of December, 2016, the Joint Committee sat to receive public submissions on the nominees’ suitability for appointment to the membership of the National Climate Change Council. The criteria upon which these members would be considered included: Academic qualifications, employment record, professional affiliations, potential conflict of interest, knowledge of the relevant subject, overall suitability for the position, tax compliance, integrity and morality, vision and leadership as well as expectations and key priorities. We examined the various submissions made from members of the public and our conclusion was that both Messrs. Suresh Patel and John Kioli were suitable for appointment because they had accomplished a number of tasks in this specific area of climate change and shown considerable interest in the subject and had represented the country in many forums, both locally and abroad. In regard to Cynthia Wachabe and Dr. Jane Mutheu, their appointments were declined because they were both not considered suitable. In the case of Dr. Mutheu, the Committee felt that she was not properly accredited by the universities which nominated her name and we felt that she was not properly representing the university fraternity. In respect to Cynthia Wachabe, we felt that although she may have had knowledge on this subject, she was not representing the marginalized group that she purported to. She did not come from the marginalized group and therefore her appointment was rejected. We believe that this Committee did very good work and I am appealing to the Senate to approve the recommendations. I beg to move."
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