Three former cabinet secretaries recently picked by President William Ruto for diplomatic posts are scheduled to appear for vetting on Friday.
The nominees who include former deputy inspector general Noor Gabow will appear before the National Assembly’s committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs.
Margaret Ndung’u who has been nominated as Kenya’s ambassador to Ghana will be the first to appear before the committee chaired by Belgut MP Nelson Koech at 9am.
Ndung’u is the former ICT Cabinet Secretary.
She will be followed by ex-Agriculture CS Andrew Karanja at 11am who is set to be Kenya’s new ambassador to Brazil if approved.
Before being reassigned the roles, Karanja and Ndung’u served in their dockets for four months having been sworn in on August 8, 2024.
Also to be grilled is Ababu Namwamba who has been nominated as Kenya’s permanent representative to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) United Nations office in Nairobi (UNON).
Namwamba previously served as sports CS. He will appear at 2pm. Gabow who has been nominated as Consul-General to Haiti will be the last to appear before the panel at 4pm.
The nominees are required to appear with their original identity cards, academic and professional certificates and other relevant testimonials.
They are also expected to obtain letters or certificates of compliance from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Kenya Revenue Authority, Higher Education Loans Board, Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and Credit Reference Bureau.
After the exercise, the committee will retreat to write a report to be tabled during the special sitting slated for next Thursday.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has recalled the MPs from the recess for the sitting.
The vetting comes a day after the Committee on Labor concluded grilling the eight nominees to the Public Service Commission (PSC).