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    "id": 738278,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/738278/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, this motion be amended by inserting the following words immediately after the word 2017- “subject to the deletion of the recommendations, 3, 5, 6 and 7 appearing on pages 16 and 17 of the report”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senate Majority Leader and the Committee has made some very valid observations on the rules for nominations of persons to the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA). On recommendation 6.1, the Committee has talked about the relevant clause that talks about the minimum and maximum numbers that political parties are entitled to nominate in this process. In the Report, the Committee has observed that under rule 6.1 of the rules, a party can submit a number of nominees ranging from the minimum number it is entitled to up to three times the number of such entitlement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is very clear that rule 6.1 only imposes a maximum number; it does not impose a minimum number. The Committee has also observed that rule 6.1 has provided discretion to political parties as to the number of nominees that they would nominate as long as the number does not exceed the minimum number of entitlement. The recommendation 3 made by the Committee purports to make references to a case by Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- nyong’o and others. We are so fortunate that Sen. (Prof.)Anyang Nyong’o is a Member of this House and will be able to shed some wisdom and light on this particular case. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee attempts to set aside rules that have been endorsed by this House only in April. The Senate and the National assembly made changes to the rules relating to the nominations of persons to EALA and parliament did not touch 6.1. Parliament only amended the rules to reflect the bicameral nature of the Kenyan Parliament and to recognize the Senate and the National Assembly. Rule 6.1 still"
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