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Push to alter President’s term, slash number of MPs near House debate

New push to slash number of MPs to 147 [Photos courtesy]

MPs could by August vote to slash their numbers from the current 412 to 147 as well as alter the President’s term from the current two five-year terms to a single seven-year term.

This is after the Thirdway Alliance submitted the Punguza Mzigo (Constitution of Kenya Amendment Bill, 2019) alongside 1.4 million signatures to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

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