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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "earlier was called Mr. Justus Mochoge who was a nominee for the NASA Coalition. He is the one I said could not make it on the nomination day to bring the nomination papers, but his name was in the list that came on time. The Committee was convinced that the reasons given were genuine and we admitted his papers. There was also another nominee by the name Mr. Jimmy P. Luka who wrote a complaint letter saying that the Committee should reject all the nominees of the NASA Coalition owing to the fact that they did not include anyone with disability in that list. However, the Committee went through the rules and we found that it is a fact that there are no rules that require political parties to nominate one of its nominees living with disability. This was in Rule 6(2). The rule just says they should consider all shades of opinions and you can consider that disability, but if the list came and there was no one with disability, then it was not really a reason. That party might have considered persons with disabilities in other positions. The Jubilee Coalition nominated Dr. ole Sankok and Senator Mwaura to represent people with disabilities in the National Assembly and the Senate, respectively. When the slots are so few, it is not a requirement that they should be everywhere. There was another complaint by Hon. Lawrence Sifuna. He said that he could not make it to the nomination desk on the nomination day because his car broke down. We found that not to be sufficient reason for rejecting or including him on the list of nominees. Even though he could not make it, he could have complained to the party he was affiliated to for the party to include the names. I finalise with the recommendation of the Committee. I said that the Jubilee Coalition is entitled to five slots, but we have 14 nominees. Choose five from the 14. The NASA Coalition is entitled to four nominees out of the 11 candidates whose names made it to the final list during the nomination day. I have given reasons as to why we have rejected the two and the independent candidates. I just want to mention the names of the successful candidates on each side of the political divide. If you have the Report, you have the names of the nominees, their identity card number, age, gender, county and their status to establish if they are living with disabilities. Very likely, that is how the ballot paper will look like when you come to vote. The only addition is for the administration of Parliament, through the Clerks of both Houses, to see ways in which we can make the ballot papers more user-friendly. One was inclusion of the photos of the nominees, just to make it more like the normal ballot paper during normal elections. The candidates whose names made it to the final list on the Jubilee side are: (i) Hon. Simon Ng’ang’a Mbugua, Nairobi County; (ii) Aden Mohamed Noor, Mandera County; (iii) Mr. Charles Ayako Nyachae, Kisii County; (iv) Hon. Lawrence Mpuru Aburi, Meru County; (v) Miss Wanjiku Muhia, Nyandarua County; (vi) Miss Elizabeth Wambui, Nyeri County; (vii) Hon. Abdulaziz Ali Farah, Mandera County; (viii) Miss Irene Cherop Masit, Elgeyo Market County; (ix) Miss Florence Jematiah Sergon, Baringo County; (x) Mr. Justin Bundi, Tharaka Nithi County; (xi) Miss Eunice Wanjiru Karanja, Trans Nzoia County; 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."
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