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    "content": "party 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, noting that a party also includes a coalition in Parliament of political parties as provided in EALA Rules and the Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament, considered a letter from the Office of Registrar of Political Parties, which confirmed that there were only two coalition agreements deposited with the said office. The Committee learnt that five parties, namely the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Wiper Democratic Movement, Forum for the Restoration of Democracy Kenya (Ford-K), Amani National Congress (ANC) and Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) had entered into a coalition agreement for the formation of the NASA Coalition. The second coalition agreement was by the two parties that is Wiper Democratic Movement and Muungano Party. The Committee, therefore, having considered the relative strength of parties in Parliament and established the parties qualifying to nominate Members under the EALA rules, directed the Jubilee Party to nominate 15 nominees and the NASA coalition 12 nominees, in order to ensure adequate representation of political parties in membership of EALA. The Committee was also conscious of the fact that the 15 independent Members in both Houses of Parliament are, indeed, independent of one another and, therefore, could not be construed to be a political party. For purposes of completing the proportional entitlement for parties, the Committee, however, resolved that independent candidates be invited to submit their nomination forms in accordance with rule nine of the EALA Rules. Pursuant to Rule Four of the EALA Rules, by an advertisement carried out in The Daily Nation and The Standard newspapers - it was published in the gazette on 16th November, 2017- Presiding officers invited interested qualified persons to apply for nomination as Members of EALA. The notice invited candidates from political parties to present their applications on or before 23rd November, 2017, and independent candidate to present their application on the nomination day set for 30th November, 2017. A copy of the advert is attached as Annex 3. To qualify for nomination, it was obligatory for interested person to meet the qualifications set out under Article 50 of the Treaty, which provide as follows:- “The National Assembly of each partner State shall elect not from among its 9 Members of the Assembly who shall represent as much as it is feasible ---”"
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