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    "id": 288442,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, before we proceed to conduct elections for Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), I wish by way of a Communication to announce the procedure that we shall follow. This Special Sitting of the House has been convened for the purpose of electing members of the EALA pursuant to the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community (Election of Members of the Assembly) Rules, 2012. The election shall be conducted here in the Chamber while the House is Sitting, being a place I have appointed for that purpose under Rule 15(1) of the Rules. In accordance with Rule 14, Members are informed that all Members of Parliament who are present and voting, except the Speaker and the Attorney-General, will after signing the list of electors with the Clerks-at-the-Table be issued each with one ballot paper, containing names of all duly nominated candidates, clustered under the heading of the names of the respective parties that nominated them (Rule 14(1). Each Member, on receiving a ballot paper which has been duly stamped shall proceed to one of the ballot booths and secretly record his/her votes by putting a mark in the space provided on the ballot paper, for recording of a vote against the names of nine candidates as clustered that the voter desires to elect in respective proportions to entitlement of each Parliamentary Party. In respect of KANU cluster, which consists of only one candidate, a voter will be required to vote “Yes”, if the voter wishes to elect the candidate; or “No” if the Voter does not wish to elect the candidate. After marking the ballot paper and while still in the booth, a Member must fold his or her ballot paper and proceed to deposit in the ballot box and after bowing to the chair, resume his or her seat. Hon. Members are reminded that Under Rule 15(3), a voter must cast a total of 9 votes, otherwise, the ballot paper of that voter shall be regarded as spoilt. A Member who accidentally spoils a ballot paper while voting is in progress shall, on surrendering the spoilt ballot paper to the Clerks-at-the table, be issued with a replacement by the Returning Officer. The voting shall take place up to 12.00 p.m. On the closing of the voting, the Speaker will suspend the proceedings of the House for 45 minutes to facilitate the counting of votes. The Returning Officer assisted by Parliamentary Officers shall in the"
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