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National Assembly in bid to pick East Africa Legislative Assembly MPs

Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi Photo:Courtesy

The National Assembly renewed the process of picking the country’s members to the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA), even as the fresh bid divided legislators on the sharing of the nine slots. 

Though the House approved a motion to form a joint select committee that will undertake the advertising for the positions and guide the process of picking the political party nominees, a sharp division on how to share the slots looked imminent, with Jubilee claiming that their current strength in the two Houses guaranteed them six of the nine slots reserved for Kenya.

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