Gatundu South legislator Moses Kuria on Friday hit the headlines when he presented a memorandum to the Building Bridges Initiative, in which he proposed the creation of a prime minister post, and those of two deputies.
Mr Kuria in his proposal said the PM may vie as a member of the National Assembly who, if not elected, would automatically become a nominated member.
His proposal has strongly received a backup from Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi. Has he changed the tune to eye for the premiership post? Well, Mudavadi is supportive of the creation of the prime minister office as part of a broader system of government.
Mr Mudavadi, a principal of the National Super Alliance (Nasa), said that had they formed the government, they would have ensured a review of the Constitution and created the position in line with the Bomas draft.
“Nasa had already committed to reviewing the Constitution and revisiting the Bomas draft where the parliamentary system was favoured alongside a broader structure of government,” he said on Sunday at Redeemed Gospel Church in Outering, Nairobi.
“[This included] the position of the prime minister who would be accountable to Parliament, added Mudavadi, who served as deputy PM from 2008-2012.
The ANC leader further called for an all-inclusive dialogue on the key issues that will become part of the referendum as the clamour for one gathers steam.
“It is important that we all sit as a nation, consult, separate and isolate the issues that are sensitive and need to be corrected and define the ones that will go to a referendum and those that can be dealt with without a referendum,” he said.
Nonetheless, Mr Mudavadi insisted that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) must be reformed before a referendum as “we cannot go for a referendum with the same referee who has problems”.