The Council of Churches Wants Kenyans to Collect Signatures to Dismiss Members of Parliament: “Government's Boi”

• Attacks by Kenyan churches against the government seem to be far from over, sects are now holding government officials accountable
• After several weeks of accusations made against the National Executives, the churches enter the parliament which they accuse of selling its freedom to the executives
• The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) is now calling on voters to back MPs who have failed to perform their duties

Nairobi – Churches now want Kenyans to hold their parliamentarians accountable, and even remember a lot that is not being done.

In its pastoral letter written to the citizens, the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) observed that most of the parliamentarians have failed to fulfill the responsibilities given to them by Kenyans.

What NCCK wants Kenyans to do

The NCCK noted that instead of effectively carrying out their duties of representation and oversight of the National Executive Committee, the members of parliament were turned into a warehouse that the executives use to denounce hateful policies against the people.

“My brothers, we are in a sad situation where the MPs have betrayed the voters who voted for them instead of representing the people, they have turned into masters who do Executive work instead of managing the Executive work. The executive, they are cheerleaders in oppressing people, they enact oppressive laws,” said part of the NCCK statement.

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Citing Article 104 (1) of the constitution of Kenya, the council asked voters to consider returning their MPs to power before the end of their term.

According to the priests, the action is a disciplinary action considered in the constitution.

“We encourage you as voters to collect signatures and start the process of calling Members of Parliament who do not fulfill your wishes and desires, you as a voter are the employer and not the servant of the Members of Parliament. and other elected leaders, and the right to be dismissed is a disciplinary measure given to us by the constitution,” they said.

However, TUKO.co.ke understands that the removal of any elected leader can only be done by the duly constituted Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

IEBC is charged with verifying and verifying the signatures collected during the return process.

At this time, the electoral body is not functioning due to the lack of senior commissioners.

Recently, government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura wanted to remove the President's rule William Ruto for suspicions of obstructing the process of reconstituting the commission.

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The election management board in the country has been without commissioners for more than a year now since the departure of the former chairman Wafula Chebukati and commissioners Molu Boya and Abdi Guliye, whose terms of service have ended.

Normally, the commission would continue to work if there was no resignation of the four commissioners who are; Juliana Cherera, Irene Masit, Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyang'aya.

The resignation of the fourth group at the height of the conflict surrounding the 2022 presidential election deprived the electoral council of not attending a quorum.

What is the government's position on the restructuring of the IEBC?

Responding to concerns raised by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Kenya, Mwaura said the National Executive Council should not be blamed for the delay in the IEBC restructuring process.

In their newspaper, the Catholic clergy criticized the Ruto administration for deliberately canceling the process of putting together an electoral body that would be needed during the political crisis.

Mwaura said that the money stops with parliament, which should resolve the issues that have not been completed so that the process can continue.

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He said that the president confirmed his willingness to support the restructuring process when he approved the IEBC Amendment Bill in July this year.

Mwaura pointed out that the reorganization of the IEBC has suffered from confusion due to the replacement of Augustine Muli and Koki Muli by the party Declaration of Unity Coalition, a situation that caused the court to prevent the parliament from submitting names to the president to be appointed to the parliament. selection panel.

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