Secession. 40 counties to secede!
Kaluma drafts Bill for secession of 40 counties
Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has drafted a Bill seeking the secession of all but seven of Kenya’s 47 counties to form the People’s Republic of Kenya.
Apart from Mt Kenya counties of Nyeri, Murang’a, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua, Embu, and Tharaka-Nithi, Mr Kaluma wants all the other 40 to break away from Kenya, alleging that they have been continually discriminated upon by successive governments.
The vote-rich Rift Valley, with a total of 4.4 million of the 19.63 million total registered voters in its 14 counties, is the political base of Deputy President William Ruto, a furiously ambitious politician who wants to take over from his boss President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.
Mr Kaluma, in a draft Bill he has prepared for scrutiny by the electoral commission, alleges that President Kenyatta’s government has “rigged elections, emasculated Parliament, commissions and independent offices, and had run a systemic and systematic suppression of the other groups and communities”.
DEVOLUTION
He further argues that President Kenyatta’s government has starved devolution of the growth it needs, and that it has retained most of the funds in Nairobi.
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“The objective of the Bill is therefore to amend the Constitution to split to allow for the creation of a new state to give effect to the aspirations of the people of Kenya,” says Mr Kaluma in the Bill.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has spoken about the secession bid, saying it is a sign of deep-seated anger among Kenyans.
“The real issue about Kenya is not the rigged elections. That is not the issue. The issue is deeper than that of just rigging of an election. When you see some governor’s stand up and say “we want to secede from Kenya”, supported by members of Parliament and members of county assembly, then you must know that there is something seriously wrong with project Kenya,” Mr Odinga told Kenyans living in New Jersey, US.
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Mr Odinga withdrew from the October 26 repeat presidential election, protesting lack of electoral reforms after he successfully petitioned President Kenyatta’s August 8 win at the Supreme Court.
The former prime minister, with almost fanatical following in Nyanza, and a sizeable support in the Coast and western Kenya, has called for a six-month interim government to allow for a fresh election run by a new electoral commission – a path he says is the only way to guarantee peace in a deeply political country where inclusion has largely been defined by the leading group’s communities of origin.
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Kaluma drafts Bill for secession of 40 counties
Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has drafted a Bill seeking the secession of all but seven of Kenya’s 47 counties to form the People’s Republic of Kenya.
Apart from Mt Kenya counties of Nyeri, Murang’a, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua, Embu, and Tharaka-Nithi, Mr Kaluma wants all the other 40 to break away from Kenya, alleging that they have been continually discriminated upon by successive governments.
The vote-rich Rift Valley, with a total of 4.4 million of the 19.63 million total registered voters in its 14 counties, is the political base of Deputy President William Ruto, a furiously ambitious politician who wants to take over from his boss President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.
Mr Kaluma, in a draft Bill he has prepared for scrutiny by the electoral commission, alleges that President Kenyatta’s government has “rigged elections, emasculated Parliament, commissions and independent offices, and had run a systemic and systematic suppression of the other groups and communities”.
DEVOLUTION
He further argues that President Kenyatta’s government has starved devolution of the growth it needs, and that it has retained most of the funds in Nairobi.
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“The objective of the Bill is therefore to amend the Constitution to split to allow for the creation of a new state to give effect to the aspirations of the people of Kenya,” says Mr Kaluma in the Bill.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has spoken about the secession bid, saying it is a sign of deep-seated anger among Kenyans.
“The real issue about Kenya is not the rigged elections. That is not the issue. The issue is deeper than that of just rigging of an election. When you see some governor’s stand up and say “we want to secede from Kenya”, supported by members of Parliament and members of county assembly, then you must know that there is something seriously wrong with project Kenya,” Mr Odinga told Kenyans living in New Jersey, US.
REPEAT POLL
Mr Odinga withdrew from the October 26 repeat presidential election, protesting lack of electoral reforms after he successfully petitioned President Kenyatta’s August 8 win at the Supreme Court.
The former prime minister, with almost fanatical following in Nyanza, and a sizeable support in the Coast and western Kenya, has called for a six-month interim government to allow for a fresh election run by a new electoral commission – a path he says is the only way to guarantee peace in a deeply political country where inclusion has largely been defined by the leading group’s communities of origin.
COAST SECESSION
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