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Let desire to get the job done drive vetting of CS nominees

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi. [Photo: Courtesy]

The vetting of Cabinet Secretary nominees should bring out the best in our 12th Parliament. As the institution charged with separating the wheat from the chaff, a lot is expected from parliamentarians. In having MPs approve the nominees to the Cabinet, the framers of the Constitution sought to cure a past problem where the President used the Cabinet to reward his chums and political associates.

In the current constitutional dispensation, nominees to Cabinet must meet the provisions of Chapter Six of the Constitution on integrity for it is important that aspirants to public office must meet a certain threshold for acceptance.

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