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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ali Wario",
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        "legal_name": "Ali Wario",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the Vetting of Nominee for Appointment as Principal Secretary, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 27thFebruary 2018, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution, approves the appointment of Ms. Safina Kwekwe Tsungu as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Gender. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you are aware, the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare is established under Standing Order No.216(5) with a mandate among others to consider for approval by the House appointment of the PSs, pursuant to Article 155(3) of the Constitution. The said Article requires His Excellency the President to nominate and with approval of the National Assembly appoint Principal Secretaries. Pursuant to Standing Order No.42 (1), in the Communication from the Chair on 13thFebruary 2018, you informed the House that you had received a notification of nomination of Ms. Safina Kwekwe Tsungu as PS, State Department for Gender, from His Excellency the President and referred the same to the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for vetting and report to the House within 14 days. Section 6(9) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011 provides that any person prior to the approval hearing and by a written statement on oath, can provide the Clerk with evidence contesting the suitability of a candidate to hold office to which the candidate has been nominated. The Clerk of the National Assembly placed an advertisement in the print media inviting the public to submit memoranda by the way of written statements on oath or sworn affidavits on the suitability or otherwise of the nominee in conformity with Section 6(9) of the Public Amendment (Parliamentary Approval) Act of 2011. The submissions were to be received latest on Tuesday 20th February 2018 Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Article 118 of the Constitution, Section 6(4) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No. 23 of 2011 and Standing Order No.45 (3), the general public was also notified in the print media by the Clerk of the National Assembly of the intention of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to conduct a vetting and approval hearing of the nominee on Wednesday, 21st February 2018. On 14th February 2018, the Clerk of National Assembly wrote to the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC), the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Registrar of Political Parties and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) requesting for reports with respect to the nominee on matters touching on integrity, tax compliance and loan repayment. In response, the Higher Education Loans Board confirmed vide a letter dated 16thFebruary 2018 that the nominee, having been a beneficiary of HELB, was cleared by the Board in August 2018 and issued with a certificate of clearance. The KRA also confirmed vide a letter dated 16th February, 2018 that the nominee was tax compliant. The EACC vide a letter The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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