A Kenyan has filed a petition to the National Assembly asking parliament to begin the process of declaring Kuria region a new County.
The petition filed by Alan Chacha advocates for the Kuria Community to be recognised as marginalised in “safeguarding the rights of the minorities and marginalised groups as provided for in the constitution of the republic of Kenya”.
Chacha stated in the petition that the Constitution allows the minority community to declare their separation if they are oppressed from the larger Migori county.
He further highlighted that the Community was seeking protection from the majority Luos who have been using their numbers for “tyranny against the Kuria community.”
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He accused the majority Luo community of locking them out in the last election by having the Governor, Woman Representative, Senator and Speaker.
“As a community, we are afraid we will be assimilated by the Luo and in next two decades, we won’t exist. Already members of Kuria community living along the border with Luo are assimilated,” Chacha stated.
Kuria West MP Mathias Robi stated that the petition had set the way ahead of 2019 referendum to review the constitution, whose main agenda will be having Kuria as a county.
Robi said the community elites will ensure they get their own county during the forthcoming referendum to review the Constitution.
“We recently had the President creat two new sub-counties of Ntimaru and Mabera, we are establishing a course to have our own county,” Robi stated.
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