Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has revealed that President Uhuru Kenyatta can at any point declare a state of emergency to handle the threat from the NASA coalition.
Speaking during a women's meeting at Statehouse on Monday, Governor Sonko told the President not to give in to the threats by opposition leader Raila Odinga.
"They [NASA] are forgetting you can still declare a state of emergency as enshrined in article 51 of the Constitution," he explained.
The Governor added that the Opposition should refrain from hurling abuses at the president.
"Rais anatukanwa na sisi tunasikia vibaya sana. Rais hajaziliwa na mnyama...mmesikia jana ule mzee anamuita kifaranga cha kuku...hao wote wako na bahati nilisimama governor ningekuwa MP ningepiga Opposition MPs wote (The President is being insulted and we feel very bad. The President was not born by an animal...you heard the mzee calling him a chick...they are lucky I vied for governor...if I had been an MP I would have beaten all my Opposition rivals)," he declared.
Sonko further asked the nearly 10,000 women who had gathered at Statehouse to vote for President Kenyatta on October 26 as a birthday gift.
According to the constitution, a state of emergency may be declared only under Article 132 (4) (d) and only when the State is threatened by war, invasion, general insurrection, disorder, natural disaster or another public emergency; and the declaration is necessary to meet the circumstances for which the emergency is declared.
Additionally, the first extension of the declaration of a state of emergency requires a supporting vote of at least two-thirds of all the members of the National Assembly, and any subsequent extension requires a supporting vote of at least three-quarters of all the members of the National Assembly.
On the other hand, The Supreme Court may decide on the validity, extension and any legislation enacted or other action taken, in consequence of a declaration of a state of emergency.
In conclusion, a declaration of a state of emergency, or legislation enacted or other action taken in consequence of any declaration, may not permit or authorise the indemnification of the State, or of any person, in respect of any unlawful act or omission.
