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It will end in premium fatty oils, salts, and over 1,500 proteins, aka tears! Early this month, news broke that President William Ruto had written a memo to the speakers of the Senate and the National Assembly to consider an amendment to the Constitution to create the office of the official opposition leader, among other changes.
Why does our new president want to try the taste of 'null and void'? We can pardon the president only if he plans to 'handshake' Raila Odinga through a constitutional amendment. But the political heavens show that this is an intelligent move that might not work.
Suppose Parliament agrees with President Ruto to sneak constitutional amendments through another route, apart from the contemplated referendum. In that case, they must remember that the lips that pronounced the words 'unconstitutional' are bulging.
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