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    "content": "Secondly, they are supposed to consider nominees, to oversee the election process and report to the respective houses within the timelines stipulated in the election rules. Thirdly, undertake any other function as contemplated under the EALA (Elections of Members of the Assembly) Rule 2017 within the timelines stipulated in the said rules. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, election timelines were set by the Committee and it convened its first meeting on Wednesday, 15th November, 2017 where it prepared a road map for the election of the Kenyan representatives to EALA. The proposed EALA elections timelines were adopted as shown on this table which I will read out. (1) Presiding officer to advertise in two newspapers of national circulation and place the notice in the gazette calling for application for membership to EALA. Interested persons have seven days to submit their application. That was on 16th November, 2017. Close of application as per Rule 4 was 23rd November, 2017. (2) Submission of nomination papers was done as per Rule 10 on 30th November, 2017 between 8.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. (3) Public inspection of the documents and nomination papers for dully nominated candidates as per Rule 12 was done on Friday, 1st and Monday 4th December, 2017. (4) Again, transmission of the names of newly nominated candidates to the joint Committee by presiding officers as per Rule 13 was done on Tuesday 5th December, 2017. (5) The joint Committee to consider the nominees and present its report of Houses of Parliament as per Rule 13; Wednesday, 6th and Friday 8th December, 2017. (6) Presiding officer to gazette the election dates as per Rule 15; this will be done on Monday 11th December, 2017 and the election date was set as per Rule 15 to Thursday 14th December, 2017. Initially, it was on 13th December, 2017 but we have amended this to Thursday 14th December, 2017. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Joint Committee considered the issues of entitlement of nomination slots under the rules. The Committee noted that under Rule (6) (1) - because it has to be clear how many slots are supposed to be considered per coalition-the number of candidates that each party shall be entitled to nominate for elections under these rules shall be three times the figure arrived at by multiplying the number of elected Members of that party by such number as the Joint Committee shall determine and dividing the results by the total number of elected Members of Parliament (MPs). These rules must be followed because these were contentious issues. Further, under Rule Nine of the rules, a person intending to vie for election independent of a political party shall submit his or her dully filled nomination form in the format provided in the Second Schedule to a presiding officer in the manner specified in the notice published under Rule Four and in accordance with Rule 10. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in accordance with the provisions of Rule Six, which provides for the number of candidates that each political party should submit for elections, the Joint Committee analysed what each political party should submit for elections in terms of the representation in the House of Parliament to determine the proportionate entitlement for each of the 20 political parties in the 12th Parliament. In this regard, the Joint Committee summed up the total number of Members in each political The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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