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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, recognizing that Kenya is entitled to nine slots in the EALA Assembly, and in accordance with provisions of Rule 6 which provides for the number of candidates each political party should submit for election, the Joint Parliamentary Committee analyzed the representation in the Houses of Parliament to determine the proportionate entitlement for each of the 20 political parties in our Parliament. To do so, we summed up the total number of Members in each of the political parties in both Houses as a proportion of the total membership of Parliament, which is 416 Members and multiplied by the resultant figure by nine. The Committee was also conscious of the fact that 15 Independent Members in both Houses of Parliament are indeed independent of one another and therefore cannot be construed to be a “political party” for purposes of computing the proportional entitlements for parties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before proceeding to determine the allocation, the Committee undertook due diligence with the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties to establish the existence of any pre-election or post-election coalition agreements amongst parties. In this regard, the Committee confirms that there were only two coalition agreements deposited with the said office. The first one is by five parties; which is the Orange Democratic Movement, the Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM), FORD-(K), Amani National Congress (ANC) and Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) coalescing into the National Super Alliance (NASA). The second coalition of agreement is by two parties; the Democratic Movement and Muungano Party. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Pursuant to Rule 6 of the EALA Elections (Elections of the Assembly) Rules, 2017, political parties eligible to nominate candidates for election of Members of EALA are required to present to the Presiding Officers nominees equivalent to three times their entitlement. If your entitlement is three, you present nine names and if it is four, you present twelve names. As required under rule No. 7, today, Wednesday, 29th November, 2017 at 4.00 p.m., the presiding officers are scheduled to hold a pre-nomination briefing with leaders of the majority and minority parties in Committee Room No. 7, Main Parliament Buildings ahead of nomination day, which is tomorrow, Thursday, 30th November, 2017. Therefore, the timelines will run as follows:- Submission of nomination papers by candidates or leaders of majority and minority parties in Parliament shall be done by 30th November, 2017, which is tomorrow between 8.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. Public inspection of documents and nomination papers of duly nominated candidates will be open to members of the public from Friday, 1st to Monday, 4th December, 2017. Transmission of names of duly nominated candidates to the Joint Committee by the presiding officers will be done on Tuesday, 5th December, 2017. Between Wednesday, 6th up to Friday 8th December, 2017, the Joint Committee will sit to consider the nominees and present its report to the House of Parliament. The presiding officer is to Gazette the election date on the 11th December, 2017. Finally, on Wednesday, 13th December, 2017, under Rule No. 15, we shall vote in both Houses of Parliament. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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