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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I stand to support the appointment of Justice (Rtd.) Paul Kihara Kariuki for the position of Attorney General. As a member of the Committee on Appointments, there are several observations that we made that I felt I could point out. The first one was the issue on Chapter Six on Leadership and Integrity where we note there are times when we try to see whether the person was actually charged in a court of law and yet, the most important thing would be a conviction on a criminal charge. That is one of the grey areas that need to be addressed. Also, the bodies that give clearance for nominees to get appointment into public office like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the Directorate of Criminal Investigation, the Higher Education Loans Board and the Kenya Revenue Authority are not enough. It may be important that as we move forward, especially considering that we are almost about to start discussing the Constitution after the peace handshake between the President and His Excellency the People’s President, I do believe that when we reach that point, we must talk about other ways by which we can identify the integrity of individuals. A few bodies cannot determine whether one has integrity or not. There are also the constitutional requirements that we discussed, that is, the two-gender rule, the youth and the people living with disabilities. It was good to note that we are unable to address the issue of the gender rule when we only have one appointee to discuss. This is because the Cabinet is made up of many members. Unfortunately, as a Committee, when we are dealing with one person, it is impossible to really address the issue of gender because it is only one person. It is also important to note that the youth of this country may need to address this issue on the constitutional requirements of the offices like the AG and the Chief Justice. This is because the number of years of service that are put in the Constitution actually do completely bar any person who is a member of the youth from ever ascending to those offices. This is simply because of the number of years of practice and, of course, the length of time that one needs to be in law school before they can graduate. Those are some of the things that we need to look at as we go into the future. I wish the nominee very well in the appointment into this new office as he navigates the new political dispensation, especially after the handshake. I want him to take the 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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