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    "id": 770838,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "When it comes to the political parties, on the Jubilee side, 15 candidates were shortlisted. One individual was disqualified because he is still a public officer. The same was the case with NASA. Therefore, the number of candidates reduced by one, on the NASA side as well as the Jubilee side. This did not affect any imaginations of the law or the way the law is written and, therefore, there was no need to replace the two candidates because everything else was correct, including regional balance, gender and age. The ballot paper will reflect a balance such that you will be able to see gender, age and counties easily. There will be no confusion. We had proposed that there should be a little bit of voter education so as to avoid having spoilt votes. The moment somebody votes for more than nine candidates or marks out of the box then that vote will be a spoilt vote. I believe we will do voter education at the place where we take our tea. Spoilt votes can really change things. The regions will be in accordance with the former eight provinces and of course, we have one extra person to represent the youth. We placed the candidates by their counties. For example, Simon Mbugua from Nairobi County; Adan Mohamed Noor from Mandera County and so on. There is one person each from Nyeri and Nyandarua counties on the Jubilee side. We have Abdulaziz Ali Farah from Mandera County and also a former Member of this House. There are quite a number of former Members of this House like Wanjiku Muhia. There is also the name of Eunice Wanjiru Karanja. That shows we have considered gender. We also have Hon. Aburi and Mr. Justin Nthiri Bundi the former Clerk of this House. He was the first Clerk of the EALA. Many Members may not know that he served as the Clerk of EALA. On the NASA side, we have Hon. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga and Mr. Kennedy Musyoka Kalonzo, a young lawyer from Kitui County. We also have Fatuma Ibrahim Ali from Wajir County. You can get a shade of the whole county in the nomination lists. As we choose five candidates from Jubilee they should comprise two ladies and three men. With regard to NASA, the four to be elected should comprise three men and one lady. Definitely we should also bear in mind the issue of regional balance and gender which are requirements of the Constitution. The team we choose should be able to best represent us in EALA. You will also note that we do not have any former Member of EALA in the list."
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