MPs slam referendum calls as Deputy President William Ruto appeals for tribal tolerance

Deputy President William Ruto, Meru Senator Kiratu Murungi and Governor Peter Munya during the thanksgiving of the area's Women Rep Florence Kajuku at Consolota Primary School in Meru. [PHOTO/DPPS]

Meru, Kenya - Members of Parliament allied to the Jubilee Coalition yesterday dismissed the Okoa Kenya referendum calls by the CORD coalition claiming its leader Raila Odinga was using it to launch his presidential bid.

 

The MPs, led by Meru Senator Kiraitu Murungi, said the CORD coalition was bent on putting the country in a perpetual election campaign mode after it was defeated two years ago. They described the changes proposed in appointing the Chief Justice, judges and electoral commissioners as contradictory and self serving.