Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move:- view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the Vetting of Persons for Appointment as Principal Secretaries, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 155(3) (b) of the Constitution, approves the appointment of Mr. Saitoti Torome as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Planning and Statistics; Mr. Julius Korir as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Industry and Enterprise Development; Ms. Fatuma Hersi Mohamed as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Tourism; and, Dr. Christopher Kiptoo as the Principal Secretary, ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as you know, one of our mandates as a Departmental Committee is to vet and report back to this House our findings and recommendations regarding nominees for appointment, as required by the Constitution and/or any other law that requires the National Assembly to approve presidential nominees. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: During the approval hearings, the Committee held four sittings and in conducting the vetting exercise, we were guided by the Constitution of Kenya, the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, and the National Assembly Standing Orders. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The vetting process entailed meeting with the nominees, examining correspondences from various bodies, including the EACC, the HELB, the KRA, the CID and affidavits from the public. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, because of limitation of time, I will only report our general observations on all the appointees or nominees. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The Committee, having considered the CVs of the nominees and heard their oral submissions during the vetting exercise, made the following observations: 1. That all the four nominees are Kenyan citizens with a wealth of experience and knowledge in their respective dockets. 2. That due process was followed on the recruitment process of the four nominees as provided for by the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011 in appointing the nominees. 3. None of them has ever been dismissed from office for contravention of the provisions of Article 75 of the Constitution, which deals with the conduct of state officers. ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: None of the nominees has been a member of any political party or held any political office except Ms. Fatuma Hersi Mohamed who is a former member of the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF). She was working as a communications officer for the party but resigned in 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. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: March, 2013. I just want to give the House a brief of each of the nominees so that they appreciate their qualifications. Mr. Saitoti Torome is a Principal Secretary nominee for the State Department of Planning and Statistics. In addition to what I have already generally said about all of them, I want to say that he holds a Masters degree in Business Administration and Strategic Management from the University of Nairobi. He has an undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Education, Economics and Geography from Kenyatta University. He is also a Chartered Public Secretary. He is currently working as the Director ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Mr. Julius Korir is a nominee for State Department of Industrialisation--- view