Mwaura Kabata, the Deputy President of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) on Monday, July 8, shared the intrigues behind LSK President Faith Odhiambo declining appointment to the National Debt Audit Taskforce.
While speaking during a talk show on Citizen TV, Kabata revealed that Odhiambo was not expecting to make President William Ruto's list of eight individuals to form the Committee.
Kabata explained that if Odhiambo had been informed before the announcement was made, the Society would have advised the President that such a move violated the Constitution.
He added that moments after the President made the announcement on Friday last week, the Society met to discuss the next course of action.
"As LSK we met on Friday at around 2 pm after we saw the Gazette Notice and decided it was not right for us to accept the appointment. We saw that the established task force was not lawful," he stated.
Kabata noted that after deliberations were made at the meeting, the LSK president resolved to decline the appointment on the basis it was unconstitutional.
The LSK Deputy President further explained that if Odhiambo agreed to be part of the committee, she would violating the law that she is supposed to champion.
He reiterated that auditing public debt is a preserve of the Auditor General's Office.
"The Auditor General's office per the Constitution is supposed to operate freely, however, the type of governance we have had in the past has not allowed this," he lamented.
Kabata also argued that at the moment, the President may not be heeding advice being given or he is being given wrong advice resulting in the current crisis.
He clarified that LSK was willing to offer any assistance to the President as long as it did not violate the 2010 Constitution.
"The President wants help, especially at this moment when things are getting worse," he remarked.
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