CIC will not plead for term extension, commissioners say decision lies with MPs

Kenyan · 2015-10-22T12:23:03+00:00

The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution Thursday told lawmakers to make a decision on whether they will extend its term or they will let the term of the commission expire at a time when there are over 20 Bills to implement the Constitution pending in Parliament. At a meeting in Nairobi's Parliament buildings, the vice chairman of the CIC, Dr Elizabeth Muli and member Kamotho Waiganjo told a parliamentary committee that as a commission they had already decided that they will not plead with MPs for an extension because doing so will look "like we are trying to look for an extra year". "As a commission we made the decision that we will not seek the extension of our term and that position remains the same today. We took oath of office and signed a five-year contract to serve this nation in the capacity we have, and that is the position for all nine of us. It is for Parliament to make a decision based on the best interest of Kenyans," said Dr Muli. They told MPs not to personalise the extension by seeking to decide who will sit in the commission if the term is extended. "The issue of who is sitting there should not be part of the process in making the decision. The issue of who continues to serve is a personal decision and will be handled at that particular time," said Dr Muli in the morning meeting with MPs. The commissioners said the MPs' agenda should be to focus on how constitutionalism they called it a 'software of constitutional implementation' will be inculcated in the national psyche. The Chairman of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee Njoroge Baiya (Githunguri), his deputy Moitalel ole Kenta (Narok North) and members John Nakara (Turkana Central), Ababu Namwamba (Budalang'i) and Mary Wambui (Othaya) had called the commission to get a sense of how to monitor the legislation on the pending laws. Source: standard digital

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Start date Oct 22, 2015

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