There can be no justification for Bill on the executive

The Bill by energetic Tiaty MP Kassait Kamket will be still born. There are at least four reasons why the Bill is headed for the Parliamentary dustbin. First is timing. The Jubilee government has stated ad nauseum that the season of politics is over; it wants to concentrate on development, under the ”Big Four” brand. It will not accept to be distracted by a political debate just after spending valuable months in high octave politics. In any case, owning the Bill may legitimise claims of its illegitimacy by suggesting there is a problem with the manner in which it got into office thus demanding major adjustment. At another level, a referendum at this point would introduce a dispute on the IEBC, with “Chiloba/Chebukati must go” returning to our lexicon. Who needs that?

On the NASA side, a motion by Jubilee at this point is immediately suspect. If NASA were able to resolve its other distraction; the ongoing sibling rivalries, it would prefer to focus on governmental redesign consistent with its objectives. It will not therefore join a bandwagon whose end objectives are not necessarily to improve its own political fortunes.