They plan to use the committee to undermine devolution by expunging Article 180, which provides that county governors "shall be elected directly by voters," Mudavadi claimed Thursday. Updated Fri, July 8th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3Musalia MudavadiAmani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has alleged a plot to have governors elected by Members of County Assemblies instead of voters. Mr Mudavadi claims the "hidden agenda to overthrow the Constitution" is to be executed through the joint select committee of Parliament on electoral reforms. "The plotters want to delegate selection of governors to MCAs in the old manner where councillors elected mayors," added the former deputy premier. He blamed the plot on "centralist anti-devolution forces" that he said did not "have clean hands" even as they participated in the formation of the select committee.

Source: Standard Digital July 07, 2016 18:33 UTC