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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "content": "advised the political parties well in advance that they should submit three times the number of their entitlement. We want to amend the Rules for the future and remove the words “any number” and for clarity, state that every political party shall submit three times their entitlement. The Committee recommends that the Houses of Parliament resolve as follows: (1) Their entitlement to nominate persons for election to EALA are as follows: Jubilee Coalition – five nominees. CORD Coalition – four nominees. Independent Candidates – nil. (2) For the future, the Rules should be amended so as to make clear and unequivocal provision on the matter of requirement for the nomination and election of independent candidates in the light of Article 85 and 99(1)(c) of the Constitution. (3) In line with the decision of the East African Court of Justice in Ref. No.1 of 2006 by Prof. Peter Anyang’-Nyong’o, the Attorney-General and others, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), which had submitted the name of five nominees, submit the names of a total of 12 nominees - which is an additional seven names. This is the other issue the Committee had. Those seven nominees should come from the list of the 41 applicants submitted to the leaders of the Coalition by the letter dated 5th May 2017 from the presiding officers. There was a consideration. Do we open it up for others to apply? We thought we will open a Pandora’s Box. We already have a list of 41 applicants from CORD and then they picked five. They can pick the other seven nominees from that list of 41 applicants. (4) That, in future, Rule 6 (1) of the rules should be amended to require parties to submit three times the number of persons they are entitled to nominate under the rules. This recommendation comes to you, Hon. Speaker. (5) The presiding officers appoint a new nomination: (a) To receive and process further nomination from the CORD Coalition. You will remember that we are operating on timelines. We thought as a Committee that because of this hiccup that has really stopped our work, you should provide the timeline because we cannot beat the deadline with the current scenario. (6) That on the conclusion of the further nomination, the presiding officers forward the lists of the further nominees of CORD to the Joint Committee for consideration in accordance with Rule 13; and finally, (7) That the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament make a determination, pursuant to Rule 25, extending the timelines required under the rules in order to enable the processes recommended to be undertaken and further extending the latest deadline for the holding of elections to a date not later than 4th June 2017. Therefore, as I said earlier, this Report is not about discussing any nominee. We have not reached that stage. We will do that as a Committee and then table a report on all the nominees. You can then discuss the names and approve or disapprove them as required. It is just for clarity of the law. With those few remarks, I beg to move and request Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi to second."
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