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    "id": 1191394,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to Members and agreed with them that we need proven competence at EALA. You and I have been there in an executive role, and you know the critical role played by this Assembly. Countries like Rwanda and Uganda bring very good Members of Parliament (MPs). I have listened to Sen. Osotsi and I sympathise with him. He is saying that a parliamentary group meeting that is going to discuss this matter should not be entertained. Poor him! Sen. Osotsi, in November 2006, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o and other leaders belonging to the Rainbow Coalition took President Mwai Kibaki to the East African Court of Justice. The ruling was given in Prof. Anyang’-Nyongo’s favour that no political party within a coalition can be locked out. That was the ruling. Therefore, heads of coalitions must seat together and agree, so that among the Members we take to EALA, Wiper, Jubilee and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) should be there on that side and on our side, we should reflect our composition. This is why I want to urge ODM that if you have not held consultations with your colleagues, you are going to give us problems. We will be ruled out of order by that court. Therefore, we need tomorrow’s PG meeting by us to be seen as value adding. The only thing I will request is that because I will be voting for you, I will go by the ruling of the East African Court of Justice and make sure that the people I vote for, I will give some to ODM, some to Wiper and some to Jubilee. On the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) side, because we have almost 90 per cent majority, the law allows us to take all the UDA MPs. I will, therefore, be guided and urge Members to also be guided by the geographical consideration, so that the entire Kenyan community is also in East Africa. I support."
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