Tuesday, July 24, 2012

MPs to postpone election date to August 2013 – Kibaki in power till Dec. 2013


MPs to postpone election date to August 2013 – Kibaki in power till Dec. 2013


Tuesday July 24, 2012 - Kenyans will now need to throw teargas canisters in parliament buildings in order to throw our parliamentarians out, after details emerged that they want to extend their term till August 2013.

Reports emerged on Monday that some MPs and ministers are quietly pushing for elections to be held in August 2013.

The greedy legislators argue that the IEBC was not ready to hold the elections on March 4, 2013 given the delay in awarding the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) tender and the mapping of 80 new constituencies.

According to one MP who spoke to the DAILY POST on condition of anonymity, they are enjoying the backing of a section of the executive.

However, some of the MPs have vowed to block the move if the current Parliament extends its term beyond January 13, 2013.

The move also translates that President Mwai Kibaki may stay in office until December 2013, if the voting goes to a second round.

“If the elections are pushed to August next year, the whole country can rebel and people block MPs from accessing Parliament. That is a weird idea,” Oyeicho Olweny said.

Garsen legislator Danson Mungatana warned against shifting the election date saying it would be tantamount to playing with Kenyans minds.

“It was disappointing for many of us when we realised the election will not be in August and when hopes of a December poll faded. We don’t want the goal post to be changed again,” Mungatana said

ODM chief whip Jakoyo Midiwo dismissed the reports as a stupid idea by the PNU side of coalition in order to stick in power till 2014.

“Anyone who could try to conceive something like that is someone who has failed to read the mood of the country,” Midiwo said.

Midiwo said no MP would take a risk of supporting such a move.

“Even those MPs who might wish to extend their term in Parliament, no one would dare have the courage to extend because they fear the repercussions from the electorate,” Midiwo who is also Gem lawmaker said.

The Kenyan DAILY POST

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