Headache for Jubilee and Nasa, as 34 ex-MPs seek EALA posts

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses East African Legislative Assembly members and Speaker Daniel Kidega at Parliament in Nairobi on October 14, 2015. [File, Standard]

The panel seeking to fill Kenya’s nine slots at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is facing a grueling task of knocking off more than 30 former MPs from a pool of 208 applicants.

Of the 208 applicants, 34 are former MPs, signaling the high stakes in the race to fill the posts in the assembly.