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    "content": "On his competencies in the areas of administration, management and finance and accounting and strategic planning, the Committee made the following findings: He was among the first public servants to be involved in performance contracting. He has also been involved in budgeting ever since he started work at the Department of Mines and Geology. He has also headed directorates as chief geologist where part of his duties was the preparation of directorates’ annual budgets and overseeing expenditures as an Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) holder. He presided over the budgetary support to the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board, Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) as well as the Geothermal Development Corporation (GDC) at their nascent stages. He has also presided over growth in the starting levels, that is, human resource at the Ministry of Energy. He worked closely with the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the human resource unit in the ministry. On leadership qualities, he has led various departments and directorates in Government and has been chairperson of various technical committees. He has also assisted in solving problems in Naivasha between communities in relation to a geothermal project in the area. He has also equally worked closely and successfully with the civil society and other private entities to address issues of concern in his line of work. The nominee has also served in the public service as a geologist for 33 years and has huge wealth of knowledge and experience in this sector. The Committee having considered the nominee’s curriculum vitae and other written and oral submissions during the vetting exercise, made the following observation: That the nominee has satisfied the requirement of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya on leadership and integrity having been cleared by EACC, DCI, the KRA on tax compliance, HELB and the Registrar of Political Parties. The nominee has also never been charged with criminal offence in a court of law and has no potential conflict of interest with regard to the position he has been nominated to. He has also never been dismissed from the office for contravention of the provision of Article 75 of the Constitution which deals with the conduct of State officers that are adversely mentioned in any investigatory report of Parliament or commission of inquiry. He has necessary qualifications and extensive experience in the public service having presented all the documentation to the Committee. The Committee, having considered the suitability, capacity and integrity of the nominee and pursuant to Article 55(3) of the Constitution and Section 8(2) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act No. 33 of 2011 and Standing Order No. 216 (5)(f) of the National Assembly, recommends that the National Assembly approves the nomination of John Omenge 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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