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    "id": 989921,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "the nomination of Mr. Yusuf Mbuno. Only the two contesting the nomination of the candidate met the threshold for consideration of memoranda as required by the regulations of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act 2011. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the memoranda are as follows: 1. Mr. Kennedy O. Ondieki, on 7th April 2020, on behalf of the concerned citizens, presented memoranda in support of the appointment of Mr. Yusuf Mbuno based on the following grounds: a) That the NGCDF Board conducted these interviews and the Acting CEO Mr. Yusuf Mbuno was ranked first followed by Professor Mohamed Abdille with Mr. Jactone Akello coming in as third. This shows that apart from the goodwill, the nominee performed above per in the interviews and has run in the interim the functions of the board per excellence. b) The nominee has dutifully acted in the same capacity. Not exceeding the requisite terms and without the required payments, he carried out the functions diligently. c) For the loss of fairness and justice to the nominee, he be allowed to serve as the substantive CEO to the NG-CDF. 2. The second memoranda came from Mr. Tolbert Manyange. In his affidavit dated 18th April 2020, he opposed the appointment on the following grounds: a. That the recruitment to the NG-CDF Board and the recommendation made to the CS for appointment with the approval of Parliament of the nominee for the post of CEO does not meet the required leadership and integrity values set out in the Kenyan Constitution. b. In sharp contrast to Section 20 of the NG-CDF Act, the Members of the National Assembly showed open bias in favour of one candidate and hostility towards other candidates. c. If the nominee is appointed to the position, his allegiance will only be to the National Assembly and not the people of Kenya, the taxpayers and other arms of the Government. His appointment will greatly affect the delivery of services and negatively affect the people and institutions that will depend on the CEO’s integrity d. The selection will not be competitive because Members of the National Assembly have a close working relationship with the said nominee. e. The nominee has already served in the same position for almost eight-and-a- half years in an acting capacity. The maximum period for the CEO for NG-CDF is six years. In this case if the nominee is appointed it will be a gross violation of the Act. Essentially, the nominee will have served for a record of 12 years and a possible term of 14 years. 3. Mr. Sam Kinyua, in his affidavit dated 20th April 2020, opposed the appointment of Mr. Yusuf based on the following grounds: (i) The Nominee’s intended appointment is in violation of Article 259 (3) (b) for the following reasons: a. The law provides under section 20(4) of the NG-CDF Act that the holder of the office shall serve for three years. b. The nominee has been acting since 2011 and remained for eight years consecutively contrary to the law. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}