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    "id": 821584,
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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues to support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on the vetting and approval of Madam Esther Koimett for the position she has been nominated to serve as a PS in the State Department for Transport. Madam Koimett has been working in the National Treasury as an Investments Secretary and Director-General, Public Investments and Portfolio Management since 2005. Those are serious portfolios at the National Treasury. I am sure the President nominated her to serve as PS at the State Department for Transport because of the kind of investment and portfolio management skills and expertise that she has. Of course, Esther is the daughter of the late powerful man, Hon. Kipyator arap Biwott or the ‘total man’. The nominee held that directorship position in her current and previous employment and in a number of organisations relevant to the transport sector. She participated in the investment turnaround of the Kenya Railways Corporation, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), the Kenya Airways and she was instrumental in the formation of what we have today as the Privatisation Commission in Government. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nairobi. Ms. Esther Koimett also, within the reading of the Act in terms of whether the person qualifies, qualifies. She has the experience and the academic qualifications. Based on the letter attached to the Report from the EACC, the EACC has indicated to the National Assembly, in writing, that she has been cleared of any economic or corruption-related crime. The nominee has also been cleared by the Criminal Investigation Department, the Kenya Revenue Authority and other organisations like the Higher Education Loans Board. Madam Esther has never been dismissed from office for contravening the provisions of Article 75 of the Constitution, which deals with the conduct of State officers. She has never been adversely mentioned in statutory reports. While I was away, the Leader of the Minority Party raised something. I really want to agree with him that the Telkom Report and the KPA Report of 11th Parliament mentioned Madam Esther. However, Parliament does not charge people. It recommends to other agencies like the EACC. Parliament said that there were certain issues, but the EACC said that after due diligence and investigating, they found Esther Koimett to be cleared and to have no pending case. So, even if she was mentioned in one way or the other by a parliamentary committee, the recommendation of that committee was sent to the relevant agencies of Government. They did due diligence on Madam Esther Koimett and they have given her a clean bill of health. Madam Koimett will be among the first female PSs to hold that coveted position of PS in the State Department of Transport. I am sure the men and women who worked with her at the National Treasury will confirm that Esther Koimett is a performer. Of course, pursuant to Article 155(3) of the Constitution and the National Assembly Standing Order No.216(5)(1), the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing has approved the nomination of Madam Esther Koimett. I really urge my colleagues that in terms of vetting, we have been given the marking scheme. Notwithstanding your history, you have been given the marking scheme in Article 75 of the Constitution. We have been given the marking scheme that certain State organs and institutions must write confidential letters to the National Assembly and that we must vet a person based on the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act of 2011. Is the person qualified in terms of experience and educational qualifications? Holistically, Esther Koimett meets all the criteria and I am sure she will join the many women who serve in the Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta. This is the only Government that has given women more robust positions. We are 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."
}