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Referendum debate: Address over-representation to cut government expenditure

The referendum debate gaining momentum from all sides of the political aisle in the country is healthy. Once again, Kenyans have the opportunity to look at all flaws in the current constitution to streamline it.

As a developing country, we need to scale down over-representation so that we can address the bloated wage burden. This is an area Kenyans should debate extensively since it affects the funding of development projects at the national and county governments.

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