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    "id": 70521,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/70521/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nguyai",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 113,
        "legal_name": "Lewis Nganga Nguyai",
        "slug": "lewis-nguyai"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The legal position with regard to the nomination of councilors provided under the Local Government Act, Cap.265(26) and (27) for the municipal councils which include the City Council of Nairobi and Sections 29 and 40 for county councils and town councils, after the 1997 IPPG recommendations that both the Constitution of Kenya and the Local Government Act were simultaneously amended under the State Laws Repeals and Miscellaneous Act, 1997 to provide as follows:- (i) The persons to be appointed shall be nominated by political parties according to the proportion of every political party in the local authority taking into account the principle of gender equality. (ii) The proportion under the above shall be determined by the electoral body after every general election and shall be signed by the political parties. The information on who is to be nominated is then forwarded to the Electoral Commission which checks a proportionate number of councilors for nomination; whether the person proposed is a registered voter of that local authority; observance of the gender principle in nomination; whether the nominee is over 18 years of age and has a national identity card; and, whether the nominee is able to read and write. If the electoral body is satisfied with the information provided, the names are forwarded to the Minister for Local Government for publication in the Kenya Gazette. For public officers, prior to the amendment of the"
}