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From whichever point you stand, proposals to amend the 2010 Constitution are most likely to dominate parliamentary debate in the course of this year.
On one hand, President William Ruto last month wrote a memorandum to the speakers of both the National Assembly and the Senate proposing changes to the Constitution to create the office of Leader of Official Opposition, address the implementation of the two-thirds gender rule and anchor various kitties in the hands of MPs.
While the National Treasury was pushed by MPs to release funds Sh2 billion to the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) on December 30 despite the matter of its constitutionality still pending in court, Ruto voiced support for a Constitution Amendment Bill that seeks to entrench it in the supreme law.
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