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    "content": "nominations to the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), and positions in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Hon. Members, indeed, as noted by Members in their contributions to the debate herein, the continuity of the business of the House and consideration of the orders of the Court under finding (i) of the judgement would be significantly embedded, without access to the most current information, on any coalitions formed or dissolved by the parties represented in the House today, and any variation in the membership of those coalitions and parties. This information must be juxtaposed against the current membership of the House. Indeed, several Members, including Hon. Millie Odhiambo, Hon. Junet Mohammed, Hon. Peter Kaluma, Hon. Omboko Milemba, Hon. David Ochieng’, Hon. Sabina Chege, Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, Hon. Major (Rtd) Bashir and others referred to what they called changed circumstances in the composition of the respective coalitions and parties within the House. Allow me to take you down memory lane, but for illustration. During the 7th Parliament, where yours truly was a Member, there arose a leadership dispute between the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili (FORD-Asili) and FORD–Kenya as to which party was the official opposition. Each party had 31 seats which led to dramatic and humorous incidents where the late Hon. Martin Shikuku…. You may recall that the leader of FORD-Asili was the late Hon. Kenneth Matiba who was not in good health at the time. The late Hon. Martin Shikuku, as the Secretary General of the party, was the de facto leader of the party in the House. There were dramatic and humorous incidents where the late Hon. Martin Shikuku and the late Hon. Mzee Jaramogi Oginga Odinga alternatively claimed the seat reserved for the Leader of Opposition in the House on a first-come, first-occupy basis."
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