Teams differ over Boinett’s qualifications
What you need to know:
- Members of the Senate and National Assembly committees preparing a report set to be tabled in both Houses for consideration were forced to adjourn Monday’s sessions after they failed to agree.
- The team has been camping at Boma Inn, Nairobi, since Sunday afternoon to build consensus on whether to approve Mr Joseph Boinett, who was nominated by President Kenyatta to replace Mr David Kimaiyo, who opted to retire early from the police chief position in the wake of a series of terrorist attacks.
- Members opposed to Mr Boinett’s suitability for the job claimed that his first degree was not from an institution recognised by the Commission for University Education.
The academic qualifications of the nominee for Inspector-General of Police were the subject of debate on Monday as a joint parliamentary team deliberated his suitability.
Members of the Senate and National Assembly committees preparing a report set to be tabled in both Houses for consideration were forced to adjourn Monday’s sessions after they failed to agree.
The team has been camping at Boma Inn, Nairobi, since Sunday afternoon to build consensus on whether to approve Mr Joseph Boinett, who was nominated by President Kenyatta to replace Mr David Kimaiyo, who opted to retire early from the police chief position, in the wake of a series of terrorist attacks.
Members opposed to Mr Boinett’s suitability for the job claimed that his first degree was not from an institution recognised by the Commission for University Education.
“There is intense lobbying to have the candidate endorsed because some people just don’t want to embarrass the President,” said one of the members who cannot be named because he is not authorised to discuss the committee’s deliberations.
