Jubilee leaders face dilemma in bid to change general election date

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale

A proposal to amend the Constitution to move the General Election date from August to December, through a popular vote, has presented the Jubilee government with a headache.

This is because it would require a referendum, which Jubilee leaders have in the past flatly rejected, arguing it is premature to plunge the country into another electioneering phase.