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    "id": 777587,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "It is my honour to take this opportunity to thank my Committee and to tell this House and Kenyans who Mr Charles Hinga is. Mr Charles Hinga is a Kenyan. He holds a Kenyan Identity Card as we confirmed as a Committee. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of South Africa and a Bachelors of Commerce, Accounting Option from Kenyatta University. Further, he has a lot of experience in leadership. Our Committee also found out that in terms of track record, he has a range of experience, particularly in the housing sector. We went through as per the requirements of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act and these are our observations on the candidate, whose nomination my Committee unanimously approves. Firstly, the nominee exhibits the knowledge and experience required for this office. Secondly, the nominee has a lot of knowledge on topical issues on housing and urban development, which is key in the four big agenda of the President. We also realised that the candidate is a Kenyan citizen. He holds only one passport. Remember the Constitution requires that if you are a holder of two passports, you cannot be a State officer. We have confirmed to the House that he holds one passport. Charles Hinga Mwaura satisfies all the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution in terms of leadership and integrity. In fact, there was no Kenyan who mentioned the candidate adversely in terms of the requirement of presentation of sworn affidavit by members of the public to raise complaints against a candidate thought to be unfit for appointment. So, this candidate has been found to be fit under Chapter Six. We also went ahead to assess the candidate on a number of other issues. For example, the candidate has not been charged in a court of law anywhere in the world. We also realised that the candidate I am presenting to the House for approval meets all the requirements of the Constitution. He satisfied the requirement of Article 77(1) of the Constitution. He does not intend to participate in any other gainful employment, as required by law. He also does not hold office in any political party. He does not hold any political party position. The nominee has never been dismissed from any other office because of corruption or anything else. As result, our Committee decided unanimously to present this candidate before you. Because of time and the mood of the House, I thank the President for nominating this candidate. We looked at his CV, his experience and his passion. In fact, we were very motivated by his passion to come and work in the country. The reason is that he used to earn more money in South Africa. He used to work in South Africa before he was nominated for this position. We looked at his network. He is a man of means. We even asked him whether he was willing to leave that means and come to serve in this Ministry. He said he was ready to come and contribute to the development of the country. If you look at his experience as I presented earlier, this is a man of particular knowledge in financing which is required in this Department because we are building the houses but we are also asking ourselves where we are going to get the money to build 500,000 houses for the people of Kenya. We realised the President got the right person. He is going to help us to mobilise resources to build the houses. That is why we were very happy. We thank the President for that. I also thank my very respectful Committee for having a lot of time to discuss with him. 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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