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Why barring governors from office indefinitely is unreasonable

The office of a governor in Kenya is established under Article 180 of the constitution. The governor is elected through the universal suffrage.

Currently there are three governors who have been barred from accessing their offices because of various charges they are facing in courts. The reason for this is that by accessing their offices, the governors will interfere with evidence as their offices are scenes of crime. This has put the governors in awkward position and giving other governors who are not sitting well with law, nightmares.

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