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priority, let us know and we will give you priority. But otherwise we will follow the list as you have registered. There is no
rigging in this one. And we will hear you until we have finished.
We will sit here without interruption and without a breal until everybody who wants to talk to us has done so. Even if we have
to go into the night. So that is where we are. And we are going to start right away so that we don’t waste any more time. And
the first person on the list I have here, the list of people come forward. You have a memorandum you want to speak Thank
you, highlight it, you have five minutes.
Daniel Gichuri: Thank you honorable commissioners. For according us this chance to present our views. I am presenting my
views and my family’s view. I have about 13 points in our memorandum. And the most important issues that I would like to
highlight are: the constitution of Kenya, I feel must have a preamble tnat stipulate that this constitution must be Kenyan made.
And two, Kenyans are committed democratic values, equality and rules of law. They are committed individually and collective
development. All groups of Kenyans e.g children, youth, elderly and other vulnerable groups must be protected. All power
originates from the people and therefore they should all be governed through their will and consent. This will call for the abolition
of the provincial Administration, who are imposed on people by the government of the day. Instead I will feel that there should
be formed village councils of elders who are elected by people and who can be fired and hired by the people, because they are
their servants.
Provincial administration chiefs to be elected by the people directly for the office term of five years. for the regional Parliaments,
they should serve in 3 years. the number that represents per region or area, should be decided by national. There should be
abolishment of provincial boundaries and let the district be the direct link with the office of the president.
Others. Scrapping of the 8 4 4 education system and replacing with Koech’s T (inaudible) recommendations. There should be
equal representation in courts. Government should provide attorney to those who cannot afford one free of charge.
Two or three, the Constitutional amendments to be done by a national referendum not by the parliament. The government
should protect from state exploitation. The constituency should be created according to the number of registered voters and the
constituency that has less than 50,000 registered voters should not be created. Otherwise we have seen some constituency with
about 3,000 and have an MP. Others have about 60,000, 70,000 and not what we call equal representation.
There have been right to own and to process property without illegal refregiment by third party. That means that if I have my car
it should not be stolen by anybody and goes free. We should put more effective machinery to fight corruption nepotism. And the