Members of parliament have approved the nomination of Dorcas Oduor and Beatrice Askul as Attorney General and East African Community Affairs Cabinet Secretary.

The legislators approved the appointment of the duo in support of the Committee on Appointments report declaring them suitable for the posts.

National Assembly’s Minority Leader Junet Mohammed while moving the motion for consideration of the nominees affirmed that the appointment of the two nominees was suitable for the posts as they understood the assignment.

“They articulated clear visions for their offices. Askul is a career civil servant with vast experience on social governance of arid and semi-arid lands. Dorcas is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over 15 years’ experience and distinguished legal practitioner.”

On his part, Nyando MP Jared Okello said he is confident they will perform in their respective dockets.

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“I have full confidence in these two ladies that I have known so well over the years that their dockets that have been given to them will have what we call a rapid flight towards progress. Therefore, I support and I congratulate these two wonderful women,” he said.

During her vetting, Oduor told the National Assembly Appointment Committee that her vast experience makes her fit to be appointed AG.

Oduor boasted of her 30 years’ experience where she served in the State Law Office and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution in which she is currently serving as the Deputy Director of Public Prosecution.

Her legal career started in 1992 when she was admitted to the role of advocate of the High Court where she was employed to serve at the state law office, rising from the position to that of the secretary public prosecutions.

In 2017, she was placed at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions as a result of the delinking of prosecution from the Office of the Attorney General in 2017 following the 2010 constitution.

The nominee will make history as the first woman Attorney General appointed into office if she is found suitable by the vetting committee chaired by National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula.