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Uproar over radical bill pushing for one-term president

Tiati MP. William Kamket. He has proposed that the positions of Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers be reintroduced [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A proposal to alter the country's power structure through creation of a one-term president with diluted powers has assumed political undertones, even as key Jubilee leaders distanced themselves from it.   

The draft Bill by Kanu MP William Kamtet (Tiaty) has raised political heat, with Jubilee leaders in Deputy President William Ruto’s backyard reading mischief in it ahead of his 2022 presidential bid.

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