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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, thank you very much. I also wish to support this Motion. It has been noted by many of us that really this Motion needed to have come fairly early enough for Kenya to conclude this process of electing its representatives to East African Legislative Assembly. Hon. Speaker, it is known fairly well that Kenya is the leading nation in the East African region. Kenya is leading in various aspects economically, militarily and even democratically. Therefore, it is a sad state of affairs that Kenya should be lagging behind when it comes to very basic and ordinary matter such as electing its representatives to EALA. Indeed, it is a big indictment on the 11th Parliament that it was unable to undertake this very basic and noble duty of carrying out this election. And now that the elections are here with us in the 12th Parliament, those of us who are lucky to have crossed over from the 11th Parliament and those of us who have joined us in the 12th Parliament, it is our patriotic duty to rise to the occasion and complete this election. Hon. Speaker, the importance of EALA cannot be overemphasised and more so at a time like this where in the entire world countries come together in regions as blocs for purposes of enhancing their economic leverage. This House can only do Kenya good by carrying out this mandate conclusively. Hon. Speaker, it is clear from the nominations that have been undertaken by the Committee that was in charge of this exercise that quite a lot of Kenyans were really eager and interested to go to EALA. However, as it has been noted by my other colleagues, since we only have nine slots in EALA, as we vote tomorrow, it is important that we ensure that we end up with a blend of Kenyans of diverse backgrounds including age, gender, professional underpinning and regional balance so that whoever ends up in EALA has the true mandate to represent Kenya. It must also be noted that once we do this election tomorrow, the nine men and women who will be representing Kenya in EALA will no longer be representing their political parties. I see a lot of attention being paid to issues of parties on matters as serious as 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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