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    "id": 767621,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Development and Reforms (PDF) had two, the Frontier Alliance Party (FAP) had one, the Democratic Party had one, the Party of National Unity (PNU) had one and independent candidates or those who applied as independent candidates were 24. These brought a total of 208 applicants. It is good to note that out of the 208, only nine will go to Arusha to represent the nation. Parties intending to vie independent of political parties are required to present their nomination papers tomorrow, Thursday November 30, 2017, which is the nomination day. Recognising that Kenya is entitled to a total of nine slots in the membership of the EALA and in accordance with the provision of Rule 6 which provides for the number of candidates each political party should submit for election, the Joint Committee analysed the representation in the Houses of Parliament to determine the proportionate entitlement for each of the 20 political parties in our Parliament. We have a representation of 20 political parties in both Houses. 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 the resultant figure by nine. The Committee was also conscious of the fact that there are 15 independent Members in both Houses of Parliament and these are 14 from the National Assembly and one independent Member in the Senate. As approved by this House in the 11th Parliament through a report of the predecessor Committee on the same, independent Members are independent of one another and that was the Motion adopted. Therefore, they cannot be construed to be a political party for purposes of computing the proportional entitlement for parties. Before proceeding to determine the allocation, the Committee undertook a due diligence with the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties to establish the existence of any pre-election or post-election coalition agreements among parties. In this regard, the Committee confirmed that there were only two coalition agreements deposited with the said Office. The first one is by five parties - that is the ODM, WDM, FORD-K, ANC and Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) - coalescing into the NASA Coalition. The second coalition agreement is by two parties and that is the WDM and Muungano Party. Pursuant to Rule 6 of the EALA Elections (Elections of Members of the Assembly) Rules 2017, it requires political parties eligible to nominate candidates for election of Members of EALA to present to the presiding officers, nominees equivalent to three times their entitlement. As required under Rule 7, today, Wednesday 29th November 2017, at 4 p.m., the presiding officers are scheduled to hold pre-nomination briefing with the Leaders of the Majority and Minority Parties in Committee Room No.7 in the Main Parliament Buildings ahead of the nomination day which is tomorrow, Thursday 30th November 2017, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thereafter, the timelines will run as follows: First, there will be submission of nomination papers to the presiding officers. That is in accordance with Rule 10. It will be on 30th November between 8.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Then there will be public inspection of the documents and that will act as public participation as required by law, which is in accordance with Rule 12. It will be from Friday 1st to Monday 4th December 2017. Then there will be the transmission of the names of the duly nominated candidates to the Joint Committee by the presiding officers, in accordance with Rule 13, which will be on Tuesday next week, 5th December 2017. Then the Joint Committee will consider the nominees and present its report to the Houses of Parliament, in accordance with Rule 13. It will be done between Wednesday 6th and Friday, 8th December 2017. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}