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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there is a Kamukunji by Nandi County leaders here. Please, protect me. I know they have all won in their nominations and I want to congratulate them, but let them consult in low tones. I am bringing to the attention of the House the complaints that the presiding officers (Clerks of the two Houses) had received by close of nomination. There is a letter from John ole Ketura, Orange Youth League Chairman, which raises an issue that Eric Kimongole Changorok had not been nominated for election to EALA. Secondly, there is a letter from Seth Ouma Omolo dated 15th May 2017 seeking that Wiper Democratic Movement Kenya submit the names of at least two nominees to Parliament for election in the spirit of Rule 6 (1), with regard to the number of nominees for election for each party. Finally, there is a letter dated 16th May 2017 from the Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly which raises two issues: (i) An objection to the nomination of the 15 independent candidates as their nomination did not comply with Article 99(1) (c) of the Constitution as it relates to garnering support of the registered voters. The candidates, therefore, failed short of the requirement of Article 50(2) of the Treaty. The Hon. Leader of the Majority Party stated that the nomination of independent candidates should be revoked. (ii) An objection to the nomination made by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) for failing to nominate thrice the number of candidates as per the party slots assigned to them so as to afford the House an opportunity to conduct an election by making the choice or rejecting any of the candidates in line with the election principal that was set by the East African Court of Justice in the Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o case. The Hon. Leader of the Majority Party stated that in forwarding only four names, CORD sought to deny the House the freedom of choice; to reject any or all of the four candidates. He further stated that even if the number was increased to five, by virtue of the nomination by FORD Kenya party, the House is still being denied a choice to reject four out of the five candidates. He stated that the CORD coalition should, pursuant to Rule 8 (3), avail a written record of the proceedings at which the final decision to nominate its four candidates was made. Copies of those complaints are also attached as Annex VI. I now want to move the House to the observations of the Committee as follows:"
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