President William Ruto's UDA party has sent a shortlist of 15 names to Parliament as the battle for the five EALA slots intensifies.
The Star has established that big guns in the ruling United Democratic Alliance party have made it to the magic number.
The nomination by political parties for the country's nine slots at the East African Legislative Assembly ends on Wednesday.
The names include the former Secretary General of Ruto's defunct United Republic Party (URP) Fred Muteti and ex-Mombasa senator Hassan Omar.
Muteti, who also served as the Sports Kenya Board Chairman, was compelled by Ruto to step down from the Makueni parliamentary race in the last election.
Omar lost in his bid to become the second governor of Mombasa on the UDA ticket.
Others on the list include former nominated MP David Sankok, former Nandi Woman Representative Zipporah Kering and Anne Too.
Sankok had announced that he had retired from politics but he appears to be among the UDA heavyweights seeking the EALA job.
Anne is the former Secretary General of Ruto's defunct United Republic Party (URP) Fred Mutet
Rebecca Lowoiya, Godfrey Maina, Okengo Nyambane, Falhadha Iman, Abdikadir Aden,Jonas Kuko, Kubai Iringo, Lilian Cheptoo, Yasser Bajaber, Salim Mohammed are alos on the list.
MPs will on November 17 take a secret vote on the 15 names. UDA is allocated only five slots.
Raila Odinga's ODM party has four slots while Jubilee and Wiper have one position each.
Kenya has 9 slots at the regional assembly which are shared based on the parliamentary strength of each party.
The formula for arriving at the seats entitled for parties includes dividing the number of seats won in the National Assembly by the total number of MPs(349) and then multiplying by the EALA slots(9).