Uhuru submits nominee list to Parliament

By ALLAN KISIA 

Nairobi, Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta has submitted the names of two Cabinet nominees to the National Assembly for approval.

House Speaker Justin Muturi noted that the National Assembly is required to conclude the process of approval or rejection of the nominees within 14 days from the date of notification.

“I now direct that the nominees’ names and Curriculum Vitae be forwarded to the Committee on Appointments for the necessary approval hearings to be conducted,” said Muturi. Uhuru nominated Joseph J Ole Lenku, to be approved for the position of Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and Samwel Kazungu Kambi to be approved for the position of Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services.

The Speaker directed that the Committee on Appointments should notify the nominees and the general public of the time and place for holding the approval hearings, at least seven days prior to the hearings.

Muturi said the committee might commence the hearings on Monday June 3.