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    "id": 752454,
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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, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community and Rule 13(5) of the East African Legislative Assembly Elections (Election of Members of the Assembly) Rules, 2017, this House adopts the Report of the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee on the Election of Members to the East African Legislative Assembly on its consideration of the nominees for election as members of the East African Legislative Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 15th June 2017, Morning Sitting. First of all, I want to regret that as the 11th Parliament, we have not been able to approve our representatives to EALA. By doing so, we have held the entire East African region to ransom. But all is not lost. We are just going for recess. So, it is still possible for this House to do so before 7th August when the life of this Parliament comes to an end. What we are reporting as a joint parliamentary committee is that the main stumbling block to reaching a consensus is Rule 6(1) which says that each party shall nominate any number not exceeding three times the allocation of that party. It is the rule that has brought a problem because parties are nominating the minimum number. What the joint committee has arrived at is, for clarity purposes, we need to make an amendment to ensure that the rule reads that a party shall nominate three times its allocation. We will leave the rest to the 12th Parliament to come and do the elections. Even if it is the 12th Parliament which will do the election, they will bring clarity that a party shall nominate three times its allocation. That is what we are reporting and for which we seek the approval of this House. I beg to move. I would like to request the Leader of the Majority Party to second."
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