In the political game of smoke and mirrors being played concerning the BBI implementation, whether it should be implemented through a referendum or through parliament, the entitlements of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to the Counties of former Western Province of Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, Vihiga and neighboring Trans Nzoia are brazenly being pick pocketed, snatched as its leaders sing choruses and dance to other tunes.
The reality is simple and no one needs to break a sweat as to how the Constitution of Kenya 2010 can be amended. It is foolishness of the highest order for grown men and women to loiter the length and breadth of Kenya like class one pupils shouting hysterically.
The way to amend Kenya’s Constitution is plainly provided for in Chapter Sixteen of that Constitution at Articles 255,256 and 257. It will take any literate person even a class six pupil, less than ten minutes to read and comprehend how Kenya’s Constitution can be amended. The requirements are plain and once they are met the Constitution will be amended, period. There are provisions that can be amended by Parliament alone and there are those that require a referendum.
In this noise, a childish game is indeed being played but who are parasites living off Kenyans? The nation’s diminishing cake continues to be concentrated on a few tribes on the backdrop of the song of inclusivity. What contradiction? What a graphic way to stand logic on its head?
The key constitutional offices at chapter fifteen of the Constitution are:
1. the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission;
2. the National Land Commission;
3. the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission;
4. the Parliamentary Service Commission;
5. the Judicial Service Commission;
6. the Commission on Revenue Allocation;
7. the Public Service Commission;
8. the Salaries and Remuneration Commission;
9. the Teachers Service Commission;
10. the National Police Service Commission.
11. the Auditor-General; and
12. the Controller of Budget.
The former Western Province, since 2010, held great positions in IEBC, National Police Service and Controller of Budget. The former two positions are no more, and only the IEBC slot remains.
As the struggle for rearrangement of Kenya’s Constitution gathers momentum, it is only the foolish region which will close its eyes, make noise as those offices held by their sons and daughters are pick pocketed, snatched from them. It is the same story in the judiciary replacements at the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Our elected leaders must desist from being preoccupied with pushing agendas of other parts of Kenya whether on hire or for hell knows what and focus on defending the region’s constitutional entitlements. It is in those key appointments that leverages that have far reaching socio-economic ramifications in Kenya for a region play out.