National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has set November 3 as the deadline for vetting nominee Cabinet Secretaries.
Prime Cabinet Secretary nominee Musalia Mudavadi is expected to face the panel first.
Already,Wetangula has directed that the Committee on Appointments be set by next Tuesday.
On Thursday, Speaker Wetangula submitted to the House, names of persons that President William Ruto nominated to hold Cabinet dockets.
The Committee on Appointment, tasked with vetting the Cabinet nominees will be the first committee to be put in place once the House Business Committee is established.
Further,Wetangula directed the Majority and Minority leaders to submit the names of their respective members to the committee.
“I direct the clerk of the National Assembly to take the necessary steps and notify the nominees and the public through daily newspapers with national circulation and on the Parliamentary website, the time and place of holding the approval hearings following which the Committee on Appointments should commence the hearings,” Wetangula said.
The Speaker also serves as the Chairperson of the appointments committee
Additionally, the committee comprises of the Deputy Speaker, Leaders of Majority and Minority parties, their deputies and not more than 22 other members nominated by the House Business Committee, on the basis of proportional party membership in the House.
The vetting and approval process is expected not to take more than 28 days from its commencement.
The Appointment Committee has to submit its report on or before October 27.
After the report is tabled, the house will have seven days to debate and make a decision, on or before November 3.
MPs will have 28 days to conclude the process of approval or rejection of the nominee from the date of notification.
The nominees will be sworn-in after the President receives their approval report from Parliament and become substantive office holders and members of the Cabinet.
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