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(clapping) Com. Wambua: Moses Ngugi yuko? Alikuwa ameonyesha hataki kuzungumza kwa hivyo tutamruka. Peter Ngugi ulikuwa umeonyesa hutaki kuzungumza. (laughs). Peter Ngugi: Nimi naitwa Peter Ngugi, nimetoka hapa Mugugu, Wangige. Maneno yangu ni kidogo. Nimesikia tu, wakati nimekaa pale, nikaona imefaa niseme kitu kidogo tu: ambayo inahusu watoto wadogo. Mtoto wakati anapewa kipande, tafadhalini apewe pamoja na passport kama nchi zinge. PCs, DCs na chiefs, wawe wakichaguliwa na raiya kama MPs. The Attorney General should be an elected MP. Anaweze kufutwa kazi na wale waliomchagua kwa secret ballot. Vice President should also be elected by the Parliament. Import licence, inatakiwa iwe granted by the Parliament. Nafikiri imetosha. Com. Wambua: Weka sahihi huko Bwana Ngugi tafadhali. Tutamwita Joshua Njoroge. Joshua Njoroge: Thank you Commissioners, my dear colleagues. Just a few points to make. Some have been made, but I will not be long. We want a republic which is a democratic state, and it should be multi party. However I have said, we need independent candidates, those who don’t belong to any party, should be allowed to stand for elections. The type of democracy should be Social Political and Economic. I am sure Commissioners will explore into those. We should enjoy equal rights, as per the bill of rights, and have equitable distribution of resources. We should have a Unitary Government. A Unitary Government headed by a President, and we should have clearly defined separation of powers. Tuwe na Executive, tuwe na Parliament, na tuwe na Judiciary. The size of the government should be established by the Constitution e.g, we should have the number of ministers stated; for example have 15-20, instead of having so many ministers sharing one office, sharing one PS. We should establish the government in the Constitution known to avoid the duplication of duties. We should have a President elected directly by the people, a Vice President who is also directly elected by the people, and both should score 50% of the total votes cast. They should be family people, I am talking about the President and the Vice President. They should be family persons, stable, between 35 years and 75 years. We don’t want those kids of 18, and then not the ones who are senile. Let’s have that age between 35 and 75 years. They should be of high integrity. Wacha wawe vijana, watu wanaweza kuendesha nchi yetu si mikora mikora. They should be beyond reproach. They should have a minimum basic education. By basic I don’t mean the lawyer and the accountant. The basic education that is, let them have division 2 of ‘ 30
O’ level or even if its KCE we should have a C+ as the minimum, or the equivalent. The President should hold office for a maximum of 5 year terms, two of them, which are consecutive, and he should be the head of state and government. He cannot declare war or emergency without Parliamentary approval. The VP different from the case we have, should have defined powers of his own. He should be appointed by the President, get me right there, example he should be going to Parliament answering questions, being the head of the business in Parliament, on behalf of the government. He should act for the President in his absence, and for that matter when he resigns. The President and the Vice President should not be above the law, both should be impeachable. They should be answerable to Parliament. Parliament is the one which is elected by the people hence the people who elect MPs, those two should be answerable to them. Parliament besides making laws, they should also be watch dogs, through their committees, and those various committees, should be chaired by the opposition.(bell rings) (just allow me a few minutes please.) There is one question which has been said again and again. And I think it is important for the Commissioners to stress the demarcation of constituencies, because apparently would be the key areas. They shoud represent more or else equal numbers of people. They should also vet appointments of senior government officials, heads of Parastatals, Judges, eg. Controller and Auditor Generalr, and other Constitutional offices, including cabinet ministers. There should be fixed calendar for the Parliament, and the election’ s date should be known. The President should have no power to dissolve or prolong Parliament. He may only open the Parliament. Jobs should be given on merit only. There should be no nepotism, no tribalism, no sectionalism and hence no no mediocrity. The Judiciary should purely be independent, and Judges should be appointed or promoted, and vetted by Parliament, through the Judicial SerVice Commission. Those who talked about corruption, there should be zero tolerance of corruption. Those convicted should be disqualified from holding any public office. Constitutional offices, we know them, but I want to add on that of the Governor of the Cental Bank, and the Electoral Commission of Kenya, and the Anti Corruption Authority. They should be Constitutional offices. Power should be devolved to institutions, and not to individuals. The Local Authorities, this one has been said, but I want to say that this should be the central areas where the local people should be taking their problems. Mayors and their deputies and chairmen should be elected, and they should have basic education of Division 3 and a C- or equivalent for all the councillors and they should represent more or less an equal number of people. Then we should have a local council of elders, and this should be established in the Constitution. They should be elected by the people according to the villages or units in that sub-location. After being elected they should elect their own chairman, who should be the one to be chairing the meetings, and should have a government officer who will be the secretary to that council. That council should be very important, and will be discussing or suggesting development priorities of the area, settle family disputes, settle land disputes, consider security issues in Consultation with the police: And look after the general 31
Page 1 and 2: CONSTITUTION OF KENYA REVIEW COMMIS
Page 3 and 4: CONSTITUENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS, KABET
Page 5 and 6: to see you yesterday and I think th
Page 7 and 8: Com. Wambua: Asante sana Gacheru, a
Page 9 and 10: alipo tawala, alimuondoa mzungu, la
Page 11 and 12: constituency ya Kabete, kuna police
Page 13 and 14: Ruth Wambui: I am from Nyathuna loc
Page 15 and 16: sasa haziendelei. Iko shida gani? I
Page 17 and 18: Numa talked about regions. These pr
Page 19 and 20: investigations have been completed.
Page 21 and 22: Translator: Sijajua kwamba ni sheri
Page 23 and 24: James Njenga: Undu uria ungi nii in
Page 25 and 26: Translator: Lakini watu wale wamean
Page 27 and 28: the age of 70 because, we are also
Page 29: one. Paul Karimi hayuko? Wilson Gic
Page 33 and 34: Joshua Njoroge: Yes that is what I
Page 35 and 36: I give the following recommendation
Page 37 and 38: ethical, academic and social track
Page 39 and 40: so they never give them with merit.
Page 41 and 42: discuss some intrigues, or some bad
Page 43 and 44: Another thing is about our district
Page 45 and 46: have already occurred. The other po
Page 47 and 48: fulani, ama ilikuwa na viini fulani
Page 49 and 50: Lands should be set aside in all co
Page 51 and 52: Hata nyinyi watu wa Wangige nyote s
Page 53 and 54: coming Constitution, whereby we hav
Page 55 and 56: hali tuko maskini sana hapa. Hizo p
Page 57 and 58: Grace Mugure: gwi Commissioner. Tra
Page 59 and 60: Translator: tuondolewe kodi. Grace
Page 61 and 62: David Kabuu: na kwa uguo ni ngeneir
Page 63 and 64: as a Kenyan. This is especially, wh
Page 65 and 66: people. Infact such privileges are
Page 67 and 68: James Njogu: Thank you, I am James
Page 69 and 70: tu-kawithdraw pesa hizi. Jambo amba
Page 71 and 72: performance, and more committed to
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Page 75 and 76: committee, chaired by the oppositio
Page 77 and 78: Fifth, I would like a continous vot
Page 79 and 80: igicenjio no njurie mbiacara ikoruo
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Stephen Ngari: na kia inspector; Tr
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which is rampant in Kenya, we shoul
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It is important that in our Constit
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Another point is that, Presidential
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waKenya, Wakenya ambao watajenga ta
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Security: The security of this coun
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Commissioners should be appointed b
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For those who are learned, the lawy
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Lilian Wanjiru: No ni nyuma nayo, T
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Translator: Lile ingine ni habari y
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another minute to submit another me
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ecause I am sure they have recorded
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