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    "content": "criterion which I expected to be put here in bold is that the persons we are nominating here must work for the community. It is not like the way we normally nominate people to come to the Senate or the National Assembly. This is a community that has interests. People have to send their persons who will take care of the interests of their respective countries. Kenya has a population of over 40 million people. The 9 people we are sending to EALA must have the capacity, knowledge, expertise and experience that are associated with such position. You cannot send someone who will take one or two years to learn how EALA operates. This is because by the time his or /her, term will elapse on the third year and we, as a county, may not have benefitted. In case of trade deals, members of the EALA should stand for the interests of their respective countries. In Uganda, for example, they normally send very experienced people who are well conversant with the law. In Kenya, if you look at some of the candidates proposed here, they are very experienced in many fields. For instance, in the ODM list; there is Prof. Chacha Nyaigoti Chacha who worked in the East African Community. This is one giant who will push for our agenda in EALA. If you look at Jubilee coalition, you will find Mr. Mutea Iringo who is a former Internal Principal Secretary. These are people who know the agenda that we have in this nation with regard to the competition that we have with our neighbouring countries. It therefore calls for thorough relooking of the rules and who should be sent there so that we do not select people who lost in the party nominations and have been promised positions in the EALA. That is not the right place for such people. The right place for such is here in Kenya. In one of the rules that was read here, ethnicity had to be looked at. There was need to consider some marginalized communities and people living with disability. When I look at the ODM list and considering that we are to open opportunities for young people, I think of a brilliant lawyer from my county. He is called Erick Changorok and his family has been consistent ODM followers. I am surprised that his name is not among those that have been proposed. I expected to see some names in the forwarded list. If the political parties want to reach certain communities, they have to keenly position themselves where they almost have zero support. West Pokot is a KANU zone and there is this lonely and powerful family that supports ODM. Their son has not been considered yet he applied. The same thing is happening to my neighboring community in Turkana County. We have some people from that community who applied. We should look at this keenly and see how they can be assisted. In the Jubilee coalition, we have Harry Kimutai who comes from Mt. Elgon. These are regions that should be considered for them to get proper representation. If you look at Mt. Elgon, they only have one constituency. When one Member of Parliament (MP) is elected in the National Assembly, they cannot have someone in the Senate. That means that they only have one elected MP and maybe four or five Members in the County Assembly. This is an opportunity to have such a community here. Communities such as Samburu and Pokot that are in Baringo County should also be considered. Equally, there are professors who have done a lot. They should also bring up their names. As my colleagues have said, it is not harmful to include your friends in the list but we should look at the greater good of the nation. That is what we want. If you want to consider your friends, they can wait until you get to the throne of power. When that"
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