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"content": "Order, Member for Rangwe! It is too late now. The Member for Eldama Ravine has completed his submission. Hon. Members, I have followed the points of order raised first by the Member for Ikolomani, Dr. Khalwale, and contributed to by many other Members, beginning with the Member for Garsen, the Chief Whip, who is also the Member for Gem, the Member for Gwassi, Mr. Mbadi, the Member for Dujis, the Member for--- I think I am under a duty to acknowledge all the Members who have spoken on this matter. There was the Member for Rongo, Mr. Dalmas Otieno, who is also the Minister of State for Public Service, and finally the Member for Eldama Ravine and, indeed, as supplemented by many spirited points of order. Significantly standing out was the Member for Rangwe. Hon. Members, I have applied my mind to those issues as very ably canvassed by those hon. Members. I am able to give directions, more so given the urgency of this matter. The process that we are undergoing derives its legitimacy, first, from Article 50 of the treaty for the establishment of the East African Community. I would want to read the relevant portion of Article 50 in extenso. Article 50 of the treaty provides as follows:- “The National Assembly of each partner State shall elect---” Please note; it says, “The National Assembly of each partner State shall elect”. It does not say “the political party shall elect”. “The National Assembly of each partner State shall elect, not from among its members, nine members of the Assembly, who shall represent as much as it is feasible, the various political parties---” Note the proviso there. It says, “who shall represent as much as it is feasible, the various political parties represented in the National Assembly, shades of opinion, gender and other special interest groups in that Partner State, in accordance with such procedure as the National Assembly of each Partner State may determine”. Therefore, the treaty delegates its provisions to the National Assembly to determine which rules of procedure shall apply. This Parliament was obligated to make rules that would apply to this process. From the information I have, which hon. Members have also spoken to, such rules were passed by this House on the 9th of May, 2012. Subsequently, they were gazetted on the 11th of May, 2012. After gazettement they became public. Therefore, all Kenyans and all stakeholders then became aware that those were the rules that would govern elections to the East African Legislative Assembly. Subsequently, there was a briefing aimed at ensuring that all Members of Parliament were sensitized on the rules. This briefing took place at the Speaker’s"
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