Eliud Ndung’u Kinuthia has been nominated by the President Uhuru Kenyatta to be Chairperson of the National Police Service Commission.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi told Tuesday afternoon’s sitting that he is in receipt of a message from the President in which Lilian Mutio Kiamba, ex-deputy Administration Police Commandant Eusebius Karuti Laibuta, Naphtali Kipchirchir Rono, Alice Atieno Otwala, John Tentemo Ole Moyaki have also been nominated as members of the Commission.
Muturi directed the House Committee on National Security to conduct approval hearings on the nominees and submit its report to the House not later than March 6th.
“The National Police Service Commission Act requires the National Assembly to either approve or reject the nominees to the respective positions within 21 days. In this regard, the Committee should expeditiously notify the nominees and the general public of the time and place for holding the approval hearings, commence the necessary hearings and submit its report to the House on or before 6th March 2019 to enable the House to consider the matter within the statutory timelines,” he stated.
Eliud Ndung’u Kinuthia who was seeking a governorship election in last elections was denied IEBC nomination certificate after his running mate James Matole Tuva failed to submit a degree certificate.
The governor aspirant had all the required certificate and fulfilled all the requirements but his running mate Tuva, a brother to media personality, William M. Tuva only had a letter of completion and academic transcripts from the university he attended.
Efforts for them to be cleared by IEBC were futile as the IEBC county returning officer Mohamed Adan insisted that the commission rules requires both the governor aspirant and his running mate must have original degree certificates.
Kinuthia was however given two options of either dropping Tuva and picking another suitable running mate or ensure his running mate had all the required documentation.