Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 977820,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/977820/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 239,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 12849,
        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
        "slug": "julius-kipbiwot-melly"
    },
    "content": "represented within the sector and applied affirmative action. He showed that he is a true Kenyan. He can be trusted to take this department forward. Based on the nominee’s submission and the oral interviews during the approval hearing, the nominee demonstrated the passion that he had for the TVET sector through abilities, knowledge, understanding and the qualities necessary for the State Department. Dr. Jwan gave the Committee a very good vision for the TVET subsector in this country; how it will link up with industries; how it will be run; and how the private sector, the Government and the TVET sector will link up. He even talked to us on policy development that will take TVET to an even greater level. On the linkages between the TVET subsector and the Big Four Agenda, we were amazed as a Committee on the knowledge and information that he had especially on how to link the young skilled men in the current TVET institutions to the industrial factories and sectors of the economy so that we can move this country forward. Having looked at that and the Constitution, our Committee felt that Dr. Julius Ouma Jwan qualified for this position. I beg that the House approves his nomination. If this House approves him, he will add a lot to the department. The other nominee that we vetted is Ambassador Simon Nabukwesi. Ambassador Nabukwesi appeared before us. He met the necessary requirements in the Articles of the Constitution. He is a Kenyan. He has worked and risen through the ranks as a teacher, principal and the Chair of the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KSSHA). He also moved through the ranks until he was appointed the Ambassador of Kenya to Canada. He has also been a director at the Kenya Foreign Service Academy. Finally, he was the head of the Africa Division at the Foreign Office. Having appeared before us, the nominee has the requisite academic qualifications. He has a master’s degree in educational administration and planning management. The nominee also demonstrated adequate leadership and management experience having served as a career educationist and a diplomat for a period spanning over 30 years. Based on the evidence adduced before the Committee, submitted during the approval hearings and pursuant to the Constitution and the Act, the nominee met all the constitutional and statutory requirements for the appointment. I also want to echo what other Members - and especially what the Leader of the Majority Party said - about the EACC approval. We got information. We got approval writings from the EACC on the two candidates. The EACC gave them a clean bill of health. They also got a clearance from the DCI especially on good conduct. When such offices give such letters, it would not be good if after one or two days, the same offices come up again and go against the officers that they cleared less than 24 hours or two days before. Having looked at what Ambassador Nabukwesi did during his tour of duty in Canada, what he did when he was an educationist and what he did in the Ministry of Foreign Office, the Committee was satisfied that the nominee is suitable to be appointed as the Principal Secretary of the State Department for University Education and Research. Therefore, I ask Hon. Prof. Ogutu to second."
}