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    "content": "through public vetting, certain process and must be considered by a Committee. That is what we were able to do. Madam Temporary Speaker, in conducting the approval process, the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare examined the nominee against the following criteria, amongst others, in accordance with the Public Appointments(Parliamentary Approval) Act No.33 of 2011;- Academic qualifications- We had to look at whether hon. Chepkong’a has the minimum required qualifications in terms of academic. (1) His employment record; (2) His profession affiliations; (3) Whether there was any potential conflict of interest in this appointment; (4) Knowledge of the relevant subject, this being parliamentary and human resource matters; (5) His overall suitability for the position; (6) His tax compliance, integrity on morality. (7) His vision which is important for a commissioner position in a constitutional Commission as the PSC. (8) Leadership and his expectations and key priorities. The nominee appeared before us on 16th August, 2018 and was informed by the Chairperson that pursuant to Section 69 of Pubic Appointments Act, we had invited submissions from the public on the suitability or otherwise of his appointment to the PSC and by the deadline date of 16th August, 2018, we had received, through the Office of the Clerk of the Senate, no submissions or objections. The Chairperson - yours truly - also informed hon. Chepkong’a that in view of the foregoing, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Public Appointment (Parliamentary Approvals) Act and the Standing Orders of the Senate, the Committee had resolved to proceed to undertake the approval hearing as required. Hon. Chepkong’a was orally interviewed by the Committee and responded to questions during the hearing as you will find on the Report. I will not go through all of that. The Report is available for Senators. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important that I note that there were no petitions received rejecting his nomination to the PSC. As the Senate, we also took it upon ourselves to write to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to establish and request for reports on matters touching on his integrity and if there have been claims to the contrary of his tax compliance and loan repayments. In response, the KRA confirmed that the nominee was tax compliant. The EACC confirmed that they have no outstanding issues or ongoing investigations against the nominee and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) confirmed that the certificate of good conduct that he presented to us was genuine and that he was genuinely issued with the clearance on 3rd May, 2018. The HELB did not respond to the letter from the Clerk of the Senate but the nominee presented a letter that he already had dated 27th April, 2018. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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