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| National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende |
National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende says the government is to blame for the slow pace of drafting Bills necessary for the speedy implementation of the constitution.
Marende says the government has only submitted two bills out of the more than twenty that the house is required to pass before the end of the year to hasten implementation.
Speaking in Nairobi Tuesday, the Speaker said parliament was up to the task and expressed confidence that once the bills are brought to the house Mps will discharge their duty effectively.
He assured Kenyans that members of parliament will not let them down in their duty but stressed the need for all the three arms of government to work together to hasten the process.
The House has to pass 25 Bills before August 27.
Other bills are being discussed by the Commission for Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) and other stakeholders.
Four of the Bills relate to elections, political parties and Parliament, two on the Judiciary, four on public finance and another four on security.
Rivalry
The two crucial bills tabled Wednesday in Parliament could however be delayed by power struggles in a House committee.
The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee has been split by rivalry, with eight of the 11 members pushing to replace Budalang'i MP Ababu Namwamba as chairman.
As MPs voted to fast-track the maturation of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission Bills, a member of the team warned that the process could stall at the committee stage.
The two Bills are crucial to the implementation of the Constitution, and the organisation of elections slated for August next year.
But Marende says that Parliament can overlook the Committee in deliberations over the two bills noting that MPs can debate and suggest amendments to bills at the Second Reading without necessarily involving the committee.
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