East African Legislative Assembly Nine elected members from each country and seven "ex officio" members make up the membership of the East African Legislative Assembly. Members are elected by the legislatures of each country. To make sure there are women represented there are 2 female members from Kenya, 3 from Tanzania and 4 from Uganda. "Ex officio" members include the ministers from each country responsible for regional co-operation, a Secretary General, and a Counsel to the Community. The elected members of the second EALA (2007–12) break down by political party as follows: The responsibilities of the East African Legislative Assembly are: EALA is empowered
Equator one whose plane passes through the center of the globe. The plane of Earth's equator, when projected outwards to the celestial sphere, defines the celestial equator. In the cycle of Earth's seasons, the equatorial plane runs through the Sun twice per year: on the equinoxes in March and September. To a person on Earth, the Sun appears to travel above the Equator (or along the celestial equator) at these times. Light rays from the Sun's center are perpendicular to Earth's surface at the point of solar noon on the Equator. Locations on the Equator experience the shortest sunrises and sunsets