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Government which has been in Kenya, have been working with it. They could not do anything in Meru, without consulting Njuri
Ncheke. Our views as of now, are as follows about the ongoing Constitution.
Our Constitution should have a preamble, so that we know the direction we are taking. About the Constitution itself, it must be
flexible, that means, there are some legislature which cannot be passed by a Parliament. Some should be passed by Parliament
and others must be so rigid that if they want to change it, they will have to go back to wananchi to ask them for a change.
Kenya citizens should be a person whose both parents are Kenyanh citizens, and an I.D. alone is enough.
Defence should be in the hands of the President, but in consultation with the Parliament and the Executive. If the President
wants to declare any state of emergency or anything, he has to consult Parliament and they decide on what to do.
Political parties should be funded or should be given aid by public funds, but that money should not be for campaining, but to
run their offices. Political parties should have airtime, good airtime all of them, because now we hear only of one party and
others we do not hear any of the others on the public media.
Structure of the Government: – We should have a Government where power is shared by other organs, like say, the County
Council, if we elevate it and give it good people to run it. There is no need of having one man at the top, controlling or directing
every action in the country. That one, you will know how to say it, but we do not want a government of one man telling all of us
what to do, appointing any person he wants to appoint, and dismissing any person he wants to dismiss.
The following offices should have a security of tenure so that one is not dismissed any time he has got friction with “the big
man”:-
Judges, Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Permanent Secretaries, Chairman of Anti-Corruption, Director of Public
Prosecution, the Controller and Auditor General, Governor of Central Bank, Commissioner of Lands, Chairman, - Electoral
Commision, Commissioner of Police, Commissioner of Prisons and somebody you have initiated to call ombudsman. I think
one Mzee talked about it here. We don’t know where to take our problems and we thought ombudsman, if things go wrong
we can consult him. Those people should be appointed by Parliament or sanctioned by Parliament, and to dismiss them, the
Parliament must approve their dismissal. The reasons should be given to Parliament saying that this man is not fit.
About political MPs, I think for the MPs, our view is that he should vote according to his conviction, not what he is instructed
by his Party to do. He must be convinced that what he is doing is the right thing.
Com Lenaola: You give your last point.
Julius Mworia: Last point?
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