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You want referendum? Pay for it: MP Irungu Kang'ata proposes

Kiharu MP, Irungu Kang'ata. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: A Jubilee aligned legislator is seeking amendments to the Elections Act, which will compel anyone pushing for a plebiscite to incur the cost of the exercise.

Kiharu MP, Irungu Kang'ata, has written to National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi, stating his intention to amend Section 52 of the Act, which will see the cost of holding a referendum fall squarely on the shoulders of those pushing for it.

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