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    "content": "National Assembly, shades of opinion, gender and other special interest groups in that Partner State”. Hon. Members, the matter of the election of Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) needs to be handled with circumspection as Kenya has previously had her nominees contested in the East African Court of Justice. Hon. Members will recall that in the 2006 Reference, the East African Court of Justice found that the Kenya National Assembly’s rules infringed on Article 50 of the Treaty to the extent of their inconsistency therewith. The Court, therefore, declared that the National Assembly of Kenya did not undertake an election within the meaning of Article 50 of the Treaty and issued an order restraining the Clerk to the EALA from recognizing nine persons named in the order as duly elected by the National Assembly of Kenya to the EALA, or permitting them to participate in any function of the EALA. Perhaps just to add that, that whole process and the case will cost your Treasury an amount in excess of Kshs350 million in costs. Hon. Members, it is, therefore, imperative that the rules that we adopt for the election of Members to the EALA and the election process we conduct as a whole, adhere to the Treaty. I thank you."
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