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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion. THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 13th December, 2011, on the following nominees for appointment of chairperson and members of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission: 1. Mrs. Sarah Jepkemboi Chumo Serem - Chairperson 2. Mr. Peter Oloo-Aringo, EGH 3. Mr. Daniel Ogutu 4. Ms. Sellestine A. Kiuluku 5. Mrs. Serah Kinyua 6. Brg. (Rtd) Samuel Ndururi Kirugi 7. Mr. Jason A. N. Namasake 8. Mrs. Jacqueline Mugo 9. Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Owuor 10. Mr. Joseph Kinyua, CBS 11. Mr. Wanjuki Muchemi, CBS 12. Mr. Titus Ndambuki, CBS"
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 18th November, 2011, a letter was written to the Clerk of the National Assembly by the Head of Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet indicating that His Excellency the President, in consultation with the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, had nominated the persons that who been named in the Motion and, therefore, they were to be presented to Parliament for vetting. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 22nd November, 2011, the hon. Speaker in a Communication to the House referred the names of 13 nominees together with their curriculum vitae to the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade for vetting and directed the Committee to submit its report. We went through the vetting process. The Constitution provides for 14 nominees. Out of the 14 nominees, only 12 appeared before the Committee. The nominee from the Police Service Commission was not available because the Commission has not been formed yet. So, we will wait for that and when it is done then we will receive that nominee for vetting at a later date. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the nominee for the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) had certain issues because there are about four trade unions which represent the Public Service. There is Organization of Civil Servants Union, Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), an organization that represents non-teaching staff and another one that represents the academic staff of the universities. These are unions which represent employees in the Public Service. They wrote raising objections because they felt that they are not part of COTU because COTU is defined as an umbrella trade union. Their argument was that COTU only represents unions in the private sector and they are not affiliated to COTU. They have made attempts to be registered under a different umbrella that represents the public servants and that application for registration has not been accepted by the Registrar of Trade Unions. Therefore, they felt that they had not been included and they had, therefore, not participated. They went to court and received a judicial review. They had applied for the process to be stopped until their review had been heard and determined. So, when we received this communication we felt that for purposes of inclusiveness and participation by all relevant parties, we would defer this particular nominee until the matter has been resolved. That would involve inviting representatives of these four or five unions that represent employees in the Public Service. That process has not been completed. That is why the nominee that was given by COTU in the name of Isaiah Kubai was not presented among the 14 nominees that are supposed to be there for the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. Since the Salaries and Remuneration Commission needs to commence work immediately, we felt that even if we have 12 nominees, if Parliament approves them and they are subsequently appointed then at least the Salaries and Remuneration Commission can start its work immediately as we sort out the issue of the COTU nominee and also await the appointment or vetting of the nominee by the Police Service Commission. Otherwise, we went through the normal process of vetting. We went through all these names that I have mentioned and we found that they were suitable; they met the criteria as specified in the Constitution. We, therefore, passed them and found them fit to serve in the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to stop there. I would like to ask Prof. Kaloki to second the Motion."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion for the simple reason that these are capable Kenyans. They came through the vetting process. They have the right experience out there to be able to do the job in terms of revenue allocation and dealing with issues pertaining to the country. So, their experience and expertise make them suitable for this office. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the Committee for doing a commendable job. I want to believe that they have done adequate vetting. I do not know most of those people personally and, therefore, I can only say by faith that the Committee has done a good job. However, I want to just contribute on two issues. One prima facie, if you look at the persons who were appointed, there is dominance by a few communities. I think it is a challenge that we will be facing when we are looking at appointment by bodies. The Principals should be advised that in situations where you have different bodies nominating persons, they must be very careful to ensure gender, regional and ethnic balance because it is constitutional. But when the bodies are left on their own, I know at one point we might just discover that we have actually nominated persons from one ethnic community, if we are not careful. Secondly, I would want to encourage the Principals that in nominating persons to bodies where names are then brought before Parliament--- We have seen about three instances where number one is left and number four is taken. There may be valid reasons for including persons either from a regional perspective or a gender perspective, but I would want to encourage in those instances that reasons must be given in the forwarding letters by the Principals and even by the nominating bodies, so that we are not left to guess why you leave number one and take number four. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to support and congratulate the Committee. However, I would like the Chair of the Committee, who is right in front of me to, probably, give us some clarification because in his short presentation he has not made it clear. The last three names that I see represent certain organizations and bodies. Would I, therefore, be assuming the right thing or the wrong thing if I was to say that those are not the names that will forever be there because those offices could change? That is something he needs to clarify for us."
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