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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have a lot of respect for my friend Hon. Wamalwa, but I think saying that this is not an important matter and Order No. 10 is more important is not being fair. As you have rightly put it, this matter was debated by only four Members, after the Mover and the seconder concluded their remarks. As we are all aware, EALA is a very important Assembly. The importance of that Assembly was even demonstrated by the number of applicants. When Hon. Katoo ole Metito was moving this, he indicated that a total of 208 people expressed interest in this Assembly. And they were able to shortlist only 31. Out of that 31, 15 were proposed by Jubilee and 12 by NASA coalition. Looking at the names of those who applied, we do agree that the composition of the applicants demonstrates a lot of experience, regional balance. I want to support this list because out of the proposed names, we have experienced Kenyans. We have four Members of Parliament who are quite experienced in matters of legislation. As a result of that, I see a lot of experience being brought on board. At the same time, we have young Kenyans, some of whom are below 30 years, meaning this team, once elected by this House, will bring to the table energy and new ideas on how to do things, because these are young Kenyans who went to school just the other day. I am sure they have a lot of ideas which can move this Assembly forward. The other critical thing is the issue of gender. When the Mover was moving, it was indicated that on the Jubilee side we will elect five members and out of those five two must be ladies. And on the side of the NASA coalition, we will elect four members, one of whom must be a lady. That implies the issue of gender has been factored in the whole process of shortlisting. What is critical when we conduct the elections is to look at the work of the Assembly. Looking at the EA countries, you realise that what we need more is to enhance trade so that as partner countries we are able to do more trade. 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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