Parliament Clarifies Plans to Vet Matiang’i, Mutahi Kagwe for CS Jobs
The National Assembly on Wednesday, December 11, dismissed a memo requesting the vetting of nominees for cabinet positions.
This comes moments after the now dismissed memo nade rounds online and had gained significant traction in an effort to quell any concerns that Kenyans had.
The fake memo that bore the signature of the Clerk of the National Assembly and addressed to the CEO of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) contained names of political leaders who had allegedly been nominated for various cabinet posts.
According to the fake memo, former Education CS Fred Matiang’i, former Health CS Mutahi Kagwe, former Agriculture CS Peter Munya, former Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui, and Anthony Mwaura had all been nominated to the education, health, agriculture, water and roads dockets respectively.
According to the Constitution, the President nominates individuals to the Cabinet, and sends the names of the nominated persons to Parliament who then proceed to direct EACC to conduct background checks on the nominated individuals before they can proceed with vetting.
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