Tiaty Member of Parliament William Kamket on Thursday explained whether President Uhuru Kenyatta's term will be extended in a New Bill.
Speaking to Standard, the legislator, who drafted a proposal to prolong a presidential term to seven years, divulged that in the event that the Bill is passed, there will be a call for a referendum.
He then stated that if the Bill passes in the referendum, it can then be effected after President Kenyatta finishes his term.
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Mr Kamket's bill seeks to extend the President's term in office and also introduce the position of a powerful Prime Minister.
According to the proposal, the President will be a ceremonial figure and will serve for a single seven-year term as the amendment seeks to limit his role as Head of State and a symbol of national unity.
Upon his tabling of the bill in Parliament, opposition leaders claimed that it was a move to have Kenyatta's term extended, something that was highly opposed by the brigade.
When asked whether he tabled it on behalf of any party, Mr Kamtet explained: "I came up with the Bill on my own. It is a private member's Bill."
He added: "If the Jubilee Party, to which I belong, decides to take it over and make it its own, I have no issues at all. I am not in this for myself but for the Republic of Kenya and posterity."
However, Majority leader Aden Duale on Wednesday distanced the Jubilee Party from the bill warning journalists against claiming that the lawmaker is linked to the team.
Kamket also refuted claims that he was working for the opposition since his Bill is similar to NASA's previous proposal of creating the office of a Prime Minister.
"I am a first-time MP and I have come to Parliament with clean hands. I am a Kenyan who is alive to what is happening in my country," he asserted.
The Tiaty legislator also disclosed that the reason he is pushing for a seven-year-term as opposed to the current five-year one is to create "stability " in the country.
"In as much as we will have the normal political bickering in the country, we will need to have a stabilizing figure so that at the time of going to an election, we already have a President in office," noted Kamket.
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