Raila: Draft key in Coalition Government’s reform agenda

By PMPS

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has termed the launch of the Harmonised Draft Constitution a landmark in the Government’s reform agenda.

The PM expressed hope that Kenyans would study the document and make judgment without being influenced by partisan politicians.

He said he did not intend to take a position on the draft because he did not want to influence the judgment of Kenyans on the document.

The PM was speaking when he received former Ghanaian President John Kufuor, who paid him a courtesy call at his Treasury offices.

He told Mr Kufuor the Government was functioning well and thanked the former President for sending Dr Kofi Annan to Kenya to negotiate for peace in 2008.

"You gave us Annan and we thank you for it. He did very well. He put all the experience he had gathered over the years into the negotiations. President Kibaki and I also decided the standoff had to come to an end. I believe it was the right thing to do," the Prime Minister said.

The PM praised the former Ghanaian leader for presiding over a smooth transition in his country in January, saying he set an example for the continent.

Kufuor, who is in the country to study the Government’s response to hunger, climate change and school feeding programme, said he was happy with what he saw.

"The new constitution will be the base and foundation for the kind of Government Kenyans and negotiators had in mind," Kufuor said.

 

 

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