Francis Atwoli Gives New Method of Electing President

Kenya has been advised to adopt a new method of electing presidents that will prevent the country from falling into a political stalemate.

COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli on Thursday advocated for a rotational presidency that would see every region in the country produce a President.

"What we do and the way we move as leaders will determine our democracy. Our parliamentarians have to think of how to free us from this imported democracy. They must fight for a democracy that adheres to the Kenyan Constitution and traditions of its people.

"If they can develop clear visions, missions, and policies that clearly outline how we can have a rotational presidency, this can help the country heal from ethnicity and tribalism that have ruined our international image," he explained.

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Mr Atwoli added that other communities too wanted to taste the Presidency, a move which President Uhuru Kenyatta was opposed to.

The COTU Secretary-General stated that the presidency had been a reserve for once community since Kenya attained its independence.

"It is common knowledge that this is what has bred the current political animosity we are experiencing," he stated.

A similar sentiment was earlier shared by popular Economist and National Super Alliance (NASA) technical advisor David Ndii who created a petition to divide the country into two halves.

Ndii noted that for the past 54 years of Kenya's independence, the country has consistently been ruled by two communities yet it is a country with 44 tribes.

He submitted that successive Kenyan governments have perpetuated a culture of impunity through rigged elections that deny Kenyans from other tribes the ability to self-determine and grow economically.

"In the wake of a rigged 2017 election and the subsequent killings and fact ethnic cleansing taking place in the country, it is time we charted our own course as people who believe in change," he stated.

In the draft petition, he singled out regions such as Nyanza, Western, Turkana and the Coast region as areas which should be separated from Central, Nairobi and Rift Valley.

Read Also: Kenyans React to NASA Advisor David Ndii's Petition to Divide the Country

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