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    "content": "nominated Members of the county assemblies who did not participate in the election. They are many because the electorate did not elect many women as Members of the County Assembly. In my own Busia County Assembly, only one lady is an elected Member of the County Assembly. The rest are nominated Members. Therefore, if the county assemblies can go ahead, then they should not wait until the next general election. The Martha Wangari amendment is there so that the ladies can participate in the election of the Committees. They should start taking corrective measures now to reconstitute committees to take into account the nominated Members of the county assemblies. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that the county assemblies have Sessional committees which are constituted every year. So, why can they not take the opportunity to ensure that, at least, the nominated Members are properly represented in those committees of the county assemblies? That can be one step forward. On the issue of the nomination process as a whole, there is just one issue that I hope can be corrected before the next general election. The way the law is now under Article 90 of the Constitution, these party lists are submitted before the general election and normally when the heat of the general election is on. Therefore, we tend to get people who are the supporters of those who are going to seek for re-election and who are now in power being put on that party list. When the election is over, you will find that a number of those have been voted out, but the people they nominated are still there. Because the people they nominated are still there; they owe their loyalty to the people who were thrown out by the electorate. So, they tend to be an opposition force against the one who was elected. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would urge that we look into ways in which the party nomination list can be done after election, so that the people who are involved in the process, within the political parties, of nominating those people, will be people who have just been elected and in whom the people have placed confidence. That is the one more thing that I wanted to add to this debate, which I do not think has been touched by many people. It is very important that we have made our Constitution in that regard. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to be very clear to Sen. Wangari that I do support this Bill wholeheartedly, but in future, when these single-liner things are being brought, they should come to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, so that they are incorporated in the Statutes Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill. Mr. Deputy Spekaer, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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