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MPs' vetting of Cabinet secretaries was a charade, waste of time

Sports CS Ababu Namwamba during the vetting session by the Committee on Appointments Chaired by the National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula at the county Hall,Nairobi on October 21, 2022. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

The parliamentary Committee on Appointments approved names of Cabinet secretaries after publicised interviews.

Vetting is a constitutional exercise that mandates Parliament to either, upon interviewing, approve or reject names forwarded to it by the president.

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