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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Azimio la Umoja one Kenya Alliance has picked former speaker Kenneth Marende to contest for the position of the Speaker of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

Marende will contest for the seat against Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetangula.<\/p>\n

Azimio settled on Marende during a meeting held at a Kajiado hotel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The meeting was attended by president Uhuru Kenyatta, Azimio leader Raila Odinga and his deputy Martha Karua among other leaders.<\/p>\n

The 13th parliament is set to convene for the first time on Thursday.<\/p>\n

This is after Uhuru gazetted the first sitting of both the National Assembly and the Senate on Monday.<\/p>\n

National Assembly has 349 members while the senate has 67 senators.<\/p>\n

Wednesday marks the third day for the contestants to pick application forms.<\/p>\n

Contestants have until Wednesday at 2:30 pm to submit their nomination forms.<\/p>\n

Other leaders who have picked forms for the Speaker position include Gideon Cheruiyot, Gilbert Kipngetich, Thangeta Fredrick, Mbii Kavindu, Peter Nyananga, Jinaani Mbiuva, Omar Dambi, Samuel Mwangangi and Stanley Masai.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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