Photos/FILE Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi (left) questioned why the Bill on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission had not yet been published while Sirisia MP Moses Wetang’ula (right) said the new law should be implemented in totality and called for an end to the “unnecessary” wrangling.
By ERICK NGOBILO engobilo@ke.nationmedia.com and PETER LEFTIE pmutibo@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, July 17 2011 at 22:30
Posted Sunday, July 17 2011 at 22:30
Two Cabinet ministers on Sunday accused the Government Printer and powerful forces in the Office of the President of sabotaging implementation of the Constitution by delaying the publishing of crucial Bills.
Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi questioned why the Bill on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, which was assented to by the President on July 5, had not yet been published.
“The Bill can only be a law after it is published. Why the delay?” he asked.
Mr Mudavadi said some people charged with ensuring the implementation of the new law were still suffering from “hangovers of bad political practices”.
He was speaking at Friends School Kamusinga in Bungoma county during the launch of the school’s old boys association.
Speaking at the same function, Sirisia MP Moses Wetang’ula and his Kimilili counterpart Eseli Simiyu said the new law should be implemented in totality and called for an end to the “unnecessary” wrangling.
In Nairobi, Lands minister James Orengo said the powerful forces in the Office of the President were out to interfere with the next General Election by ensuring that the electoral commission is not established in good time.
Mr Orengo spoke as Britain exerted pressure on the government to form the IEBC and announce the election date.
Visiting UK minister for International Development Andrew Mitchell said announcing the election date would enable both Kenya and the international community to plan properly.
Mr Mitchell, who paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Raila Odinga at his Karen home, said Britain was watching the unfolding events in Kenya with a keen interest.
Mr Odinga assured the minister that Kenya had credible individuals who would be picked to conduct the 2012 elections.
Mr Orengo, who spoke to the Nation on phone, said:
“There are people who benefit from a delayed election. There are some powerful forces at the Office of the President who are not happy that the President assented to the Bill and are therefore out to sabotage its publication.”
This follows the failure by the Government Printer to publish the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act a week after President Kibaki signed it into law.
Attorney General Amos Wako and Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo have also expressed surprise at the failure to publish the law.
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