Delivering new law, and three bouncing babies

By David Ohito

Having triplets is a rare and wondrous occurrence, coming as it does with unique challenges.

It is even harder when the threesome come in the middle of a tight working schedule.

Such were the circumstances that Otiende Amollo faced in March this year, when his wife delivered triplets – at around the same time the Committee of Experts (CoE) on Constitution Review, of which Amollo is a member, delivered a copy of the draft of the Proposed Constitution to Parliament for consideration.


Amollo with this family, which just got bigger with the delivery of triplets in March. This coincided with a pressing legal assignment with CoE. [PHOTOS: BONIFACE OKENDO]

"At the close of the sessions we had gathered over 60,000 pages of Hansard verbatim, and this is what helped us keep track record of what every contributor said. Essentially we guarded against liars.

When politicians changed positions, we referred them to the records," Amollo says.