Whenever there are policy disagreements at home, our elite now routinely troop to the Royal Institute for International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, London, to deliver lectures. PROPOSALThird, he proposes that the deputy president be leader of government business in parliament, suggesting that this should also be replicated in counties. While signalling Ruto’s acceptance of the referendum, the proposals effectively draw the battle lines for the coming plebiscite. DOWNSIDEBy pitching for a pure presidential system, Ruto has rejected the “Putin Model” proposed by some Jubilee wonks. The Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna speculated that the handshake deal was designed to allow President Kenyatta to be Prime Minister in a Vladimir Putin-Dmitry Medvedev style.

Source: Daily Nation February 16, 2019 22:18 UTC