“The plotters want to delegate selection of governors to MCAs in the old manner where councillors elected mayors. (+) house backs14-member teamOn Wednesday, the Senate and the National Assembly approved formation of the 14-member select committee drawn from Cord and Jubilee to collect views from Kenyans to reform the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the electoral process. Mudavadi said the good faith exhibited by political parties in the committee “could be masking an insidious plot to undermine the right to elect leaders freely”. He said he has confidential information Cord and Jubilee are plotting to undermine devolution by expunging Article 180 of the constitution on election of governors and delegating their selection to MCAs through the select committee’s recommendations. ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi has said the formation of the Select Committee of Parliament on the electoral reforms masks an insidious plan to undermine the right of Kenyans to elect their leaders freely.

Source: The Star July 09, 2016 10:51 UTC