The story goes that Karua picked up a copy of the constitution, threw it at Uhuru and said, "Show me where it is written that we should do that." Karua has been quoted as saying in January 2007, "Only the President has the power to appoint electoral commissioners." Shortly after that Sheria House meeting Karua proceeded to name six members to the Electoral Commission of Kenya, chaired then by Samuel Kivuitu. "They are the ones who went and disagreed with Kivuitu and undermined the electoral commission," Duale said yesterday at a meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly and the Kenya Editors Guild. When the term of some commissioners expired, Uhuru went to see Martha Karua.

Source: The Star June 08, 2016 01:18 UTC