Moses Kuria Backs Raila Odinga’s Proposal to Revise Bomas Draft
Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria announced on Sunday his full support for Azimio leader Raila Odinga’s call to revisit the Bomas draft constitution. Kuria highlighted the necessity of establishing structures for concepts Kenya has experimented with for nearly two decades, including coalition governments.
“I fully support Raila Odinga’s call for a return to the Bomas Draft. Over the last 19 years since the rejection of Bomas, we have gone in circles with artificial experiments like Grand Coalition, Handshake, and now Broad Based Government,” Kuria stated.
We have skirted around to avoid the inevitable. I will offer my full devotion and commitment towards a National Constitutional conference towards the Bomas Draft,” he wrote.
Kuria’s announcement was met with criticism from Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, who argued that Kenya did not need a new or amended constitution but rather leaders who upheld the existing one.
Abdullahi criticized the political elite’s failure to implement and respect the current constitution, saying, “Your awful tweet is a moving testimony of the political class’s meaningless engagement in periodic sideshows that yield no benefit to Wanjiku.”
Kuria’s support came a day after Raila called for a constitutional review, arguing that it would allow Kenya to become a progressive nation. Speaking at a funeral on Saturday, Raila emphasized the need to critically address some gaps in the 2010 Constitution and urged Kenyans to provide their proposals for a better Kenya.
“Kenyans met at the Bomas of Kenya and deliberated for a very long time and devised a very progressive constitution. That constitution was bastardised to a certain extent during the so-called Naivasha process,” Raila remarked. The former Prime Minister stressed that Kenya was at a crucial stage that could determine its future, urging for a return to the Bomas draft constitution to ensure a progressive framework.
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Moses Kuria Backs Raila Odinga’s Proposal to Revise Bomas Draft
