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UDA leaders disown proposal to remove presidential term limit

Salah Yakub. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Barely three months in office, the Kenya Kwanza government is in the eye of the storm after one of its MPs Salah Yakub (UDA) lifted the veil on a plan to scrap presidential term limit, through a constitutional amendment.

At the same time the first time MP is seeking to have the presidential age limit set at 75, a suggestion that was viewed as an attempt to lock out ODM leader, Raila Odinga who is already 77 years.

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