Maraga, undoubtedly, has very interesting times ahead. He has proven that democracy in Africa, or rather Kenya, has come of age. The only thing that can damage his image is the presidential outcome. If Uhuru wins, then the Mkora image will be justified, and cemented. If Raila wins, Maraga will forever be entrenched in the annals of history as THE CJ that restored democracy. He may even get to judge at the ICC after resigning.
An Uhuru win will, however, trigger a series of bills that will tame the judiciary once and for all.
So, if Uhuru wins, I really hope he will not grossly undermine the authority of the Judiciary. That would kill many of the gains we have made as a republic.
However, counting the losses incurred as a result of the ruling I will make a suggestion ( to whoever will clinch it on the 17th, Raila or Uhuru) and fellow villagers can improve, reject, or blindly support…any which way I am testing the type of bill that will appease most Kenyans and not polarize us further.
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The supreme court should be able to order for recounts, fresh elections and the likes, just as stipulated in the constitution.
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In the case of a fresh election, however, the two houses, Senate and Parliament, should accept the ruling before it is approved. If, however, the two houses do not support the cancellation of the election, the person declared winner should be sworn in.
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The president should be chairman of the JSC. (This way sovereign power is truly the people’s. An elected leader heads all the arms of government and by extension, the people do. You may claim this gives the president too much power but…that is kind of the intention. Let the most powerful man in the land be someone the people can vote out when they smell mischief)
(The wisdom of #2 is that a rigged in president would lack the numbers and his or her election would never be confirmed. If the winner has the numbers in the two houses, then his or her election was genuine and there is, therefore, no need to waste money on a fresh election. To justify this, in 2007, fresh elections would have been held as the prezo lacked the numbers in bunge…because he…acha yaliyo ndwele sipite)