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    "id": 730580,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/730580/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "In East Africa, we only have one partner state that has a bicameral Parliament which is Rwanda. We tried to draw lessons from Rwanda on how it does its elections of members to EALA. We considered two ways of voting as a House; joint voting and separate voting. We looked at the merits and demerits of each and they are in the Report. When we invited the public for participation as a requirement in our Constitution, we received a memorandum from a citizen from Meru County who wanted 5 per cent of the slots to EALA to be allocated to people living with disability. There was also a request that since our current law says that nomination is through parliamentary parties, another citizen petitioned this Parliament to give room to independent candidates to apply. We have considered those in our Committee. So, Hon. Members are invited to look at the Report."
}