Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei on Saturday revealed that his proposed bill seeking to extend the term of the President has placed him on the receiving end as many Kenyans continue to bombard him with endless calls and text messages.
Speaking during a press conference in his office, Cherargei mentioned that many Kenyans had contacted him, seeking to have their voices heard to the point of his phone "blowing up".
The Senator however urged Kenyans to consider channeling their responses to the official Parliament channels as those are the officially recognised avenues provided for in the law.
''I want to thank Kenyans that I have also not had peace, my phone is almost collapsing, I have received over 10,000 SMSs and hundreds and thousands of WhatsApp messages and calls,’’ Cherargei revealed.
He added that he was however happy with the feedback that he had since received from Kenyans in regard to the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill that is currently before the Senate.
''I am happy that Kenyans took time, and I am happy by the overwhelming reports as you are aware The Parliament of the Republic of Kenya, to be specific the Senate, has received more than 250,000 emails and counting, either in support or opposing of the proposals,’’ he added.
''I want to appeal to Kenyans to use the official email of the Parliament because my phone is almost blowing up, even in my social media pages, I have not had peace,’’
Cherargei claimed that most of the responses that he had so far received were in support of the controversial piece of legislation.
He cited the proposal to have more resources allocated to counties to have received positive comments from members of the public.
''What I want to tell Kenyans is that I am listening, I am reading, today it was an opportunity to listen to Kenyans on the reservations that they support and don’t support,’’ he stated.
''I have seen that members of the public are in support of most of the provisions specifically on more allocation to counties from 15 to 40 percent they agree with,’’ Cherargei added.
Cherargei’s bill seeks to amend the Constitution to extend the term limits of elected leaders from the current 5 years to 7 years. The bill also seeks to create the Office of the Opposition Leader and that of a Prime Minister.
