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"content": "APPROVAL OF NOMINEES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ORGANISATION DISPUTE TRIBUNAL"
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"content": " Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Hon. Murugara."
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in its report on the Approval Hearing of Nominees for Appointment as the Chairperson and Members of the Public Benefit Organisation Dispute Tribunal, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 17th June 2025, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 50 of the Public Benefit Organisation Dispute Tribunal Act, 2013 and Sections 3 and 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act (Cap 7F), approves the appointment of the following persons to the Public Benefit Organisation Dispute Tribunal— (a) Ms Eunice Adoyo Otieno Arwa - Chairperson (b) Ms Christabel Mideva Eboso - Member (c) Ms Elizabeth Mbithe Mulwa - Member (d) Dr Leonard Kinyulusi"
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"content": "- Member (e) Mr Mohamed Sheikh Noor - Member What is the purpose of the National Assembly approving these tribunals? Is there room for rejection? What would be the grounds for rejection? I will leave that for now. We have tabled an elaborate Report that covers all the hearings of the five nominees. I urge Members who have not read it to do so, so that we do not spend a lot of time on it. The first nominee was Ms Eunice Adoyo Otieno Arwa, aged 52, who is proposed to be the Chairperson of the Tribunal. She is a seasoned advocate who satisfied all the constitutional requirements in terms of her ability to serve as the chairperson. She has served in several other similar tribunals. Those were positive attributes that qualified Ms Otieno Arwa to serve as the chairperson for the appointed period. The second nominee to be vetted was Ms Christabel Mideva Eboso, a young lady of 32 years. She is the Generation Z (Gen Z) representative, and it is good to speak positively about her. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and has practised law for quite a while. She has also been involved in various tribunal matters, which gives her the necessary experience and qualifications to serve on this Tribunal. 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."
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"content": "The third nominee was Ms Elizabeth Mbithe Mulwa, aged 41 years; another Gen Z whom we were pleased to vet. She is also an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and fully qualifies to serve as a member of the Tribunal. The fourth nominee was Dr Leonard Kinyulusi, who is not an advocate. The law requires that two of the members of the Tribunal need not be advocates. He is well educated. The Report indicates that he has written extensively on various topics in law, social work and dispute resolution. That experience qualified him to serve on this Tribunal. Last was Mr Mohamed Sheikh Noor, who is also not a lawyer. He is a self-made man from Northern Kenya, aged 50 years. He has studied quite a lot about social matters, religion and dispute resolution. Since this is the Public Benefit Organisations Dispute Tribunal (PBODT), we were of the opinion that Mr Mohamed Sheikh Noor was well-suited to serve. For the ease of the House, Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs) were previously called Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs). We had all that in mind when considering the nomination of these five persons. The procedure of their nomination fully satisfied the provisions of the relevant Public Benefit Organisations Act. The nominees satisfied the requirements under the Constitution and all the necessary statutory requirements, including citizenship, leadership, ethics, integrity and tax compliance. The nominees also met the integrity threshold under Chapter Six of the Constitution. They all demonstrated knowledge of topical, administrative and technical issues of the positions to which they have been nominated. They also have the requisite abilities, academic qualifications and professional experience to be approved for appointment. We assessed the nominees' suitability for the appointments based on whether their abilities, experience, and qualities met the needs of the body they were nominated to. We concluded that they demonstrated a deep understanding of the affairs of Public Benefit Organisations, dispute resolution mechanisms, and their respective roles as chairperson and members As a general observation, we were convinced, as a Committee, that the PBODT is the only tribunal that requires vetting. We have proposed to look at that afresh to confirm whether we should nominate all members of all tribunals. I wish to inform the House that we are re- engineering and will re-submit and re-publish the Tribunals Bill so that we come up with a Tribunals Act on the various tribunals in the country. We will consider whether it will be necessary to vet tribunal members, or if we should leave it to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Judiciary to appoint members to various tribunals. The Committee now recommends that this House approves Ms Eunice Adoyo Otieno as the Chairperson of the PBODT, and Ms Christabel Mideva Eboso, Ms Elizabeth Mbithe Mulwa, Dr Leonard Kinyulusi, and Mr Mohamed Sheikh Noor as members of the PBODT. On a light note, you will notice that age has been considered to the fullest. The ages of the members are spread across various generations. We have good words for the Gen Z because they have a member in the Tribunal. Secondly, the gender parity and equality requirement has been satisfied in favour of the ladies, because three ladies and two men serve on the Tribunal. This is a positive step, and we commend the Judiciary for it. With those few remarks, having called upon the House to approve the appointment of the five nominees, it is my singular pleasure to invite Nominated Member, Hon. Suleka Harun, to second the Motion."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Suleka Harun",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to second the Report tabled by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the approval vetting of the members of the PBODT. 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."
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