Data Commissioner nominee Immaculate Kassait is currently being vetted by the National Assembly Communication, Information and Innovation committee.
The former IEBC director of voter education is before the committee chaired by Marakwet MP William Kisang.
Kassait was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta last week and upon approval by the House will be Kenya’s first Data Commissioner.
Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi had tasked the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information, and Innovation to undertake approval hearings for Kassait before tabling the report.
"The Committee is therefore advised to expeditiously proceed to notify the nominee and the public and thereafter commence the approval hearings," he said.
Kassait had also served as the Director of Voter Registration and Electoral Operations at IEBC for nine years.
For four years, she worked as the programme manager at the Institute for Education in Democracy for and she has also worked as the programme officer at Fida Kenya.