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    "id": 738311,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "The third issue is, as Members of Parliament, we must also recognise how Parliament is constituted. The Parliament of Kenya is constituted by political parties. They nominate candidates to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) who vie for elections to come to parliament. In parliament, they will either be in Government or the opposition. Our Standing Orders and the Constitution recognise two sides of Parliament; the Majority side and the Minority side. In electing Members to the EALA, the Kenyan Parliament must recognise its composition and decide how it is going to elect Members to the Assembly and who will represent them regarding the majority and the minority sides. What happened in the year that we went to EACJ, when the Membership of the Assembly was elected is that notwithstanding the Majority and Minority composition, the composition of Parliament in terms of political parties was not fully recognised. The Majority political party found itself to the Minority party and the Minority political party found itself to be the Majority party in the Assembly. That is the point of contention we took to the Assembly. We said the Assembly cannot reflect the opposite of the manner in which political parties nominate their candidates, through the IEBC, to the Assembly. In the end, the EACJ ruled in our favour. Therefore, if this Motion is going to use our case in the Assembly, it must say on what basis we will nominate Members. These parties must present nominations to Parliament which can elect on the following basis: It can approve the nominations by the political parties instead of voting for individual Members."
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