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"speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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"content": "instances that we felt that the Joint Committee was not fully integrated. For example, during the nomination process, some Members, like myself and the other Co-Chair were just attending the sessions out of our own volition. There was no indication that we should be in that process yet we are the ones holding the whole process. We also noted that in future, we want to be at par with other partner states. In other partner states, they provide a platform where all the nominees, including independent candidates, are invited to a kamukunji or are made to stand at the bar and make presentations, so that Members can know who they will be voting for, say, their names, the regions they come from, if or not they can express themselves, and whether they have interest of the East African Community at heart. The question is: Do they even know the job they are seeking? So, in future, we shall be making that recommendation. It is my feeling that at this time, the nominees should be sitting in the Speaker’s Gallery because, if time allows, I am going to read the mandate of the EALA. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you will be surprised that some of the nominees who are seeking this job are doing so like it is an ordinary job being sought by ordinary Kenyans. They may not be aware of the mandate, what EALA entails, or what they are going to do in Arusha. We recommend that we revisit the rules in the near future and enhance them. We should make them friendly. We also noted that, time and again, Kenyans do not read between the lines. There were some candidates who were indicating that for independent candidates, the advertisement did not seek signatures, yet Article 99 of the Constitution does provide for the requirements of a Member of Parliament. The advertisement was very clear that in order to qualify, one should qualify to be an elected Member of Parliament, but of the 42 candidates, only one came with the right signatures. Others came without signatures because they did not read the advert carefully. So, in future, this House and EALA may need to do civic education to the public because this is also a job that attracts massive interest; close to 400 applicants tendered their applications. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you very much for providing this time. I request my colleague in the Committee, Hon. Nanok, if he is in the House, to second. I request that you give as many Members of this Committee as possible, an opportunity to contribute to this Motion."
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