{Thiaine Kubaison, Tigania West}
The draft law passed by the Parliament to allow party hopping was a perfect case of impunity by MPs. These leaders are, sadly, turning Parliament to centre of political mischief. Voters should note this and make a point come next year’s elections. Send these MPs packing.
{Hannington Cheburet, Mogotio}
Raising academic ceiling for both parliamentary and presidential candidates to degree level is as selfish as it is retrogressive to the letter and spirit of the Constitution.We adopted new laws so that we can have all Kenyans sharing the national cake equitably. Raising the academic bar is both exclusive as it is uncivil in the present world.
Case studies can confirm there is no correlation between leadership and academic qualification.
I congratulate the President for not appending his signature to retrogressive and selfish amendments.
{Anthony Alukhome Keya, Kericho}
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The paradox of our oppressive democracy
When the 16th President of the US Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as a government of the people, for the people and by the people, he probably never knew years later the Kenyan political leaders would define the people as the political elite.
The recent mutilation of national laws by MPs illustrate the tyranny of our Parliament. Even as President Kibaki rejected to sign the two Bills on presidential losers’ fate and minimum academic qualification for political office into law, mwananchi is still mouth agape at the rocket speed at which these amendments sailed through Parliament.
This happened as the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee is trying hard to push the MPs to see to it that the Constitution is operational by the end of this year. We have postponed our elections to next year to give room for MPs to continue their exchange of verbs, adverbs and adjectives on who is more or less learned in the House.
