Senior Counsel Ahmednassir Abdullahi on Tuesday advised the National Super Alliance (NASA) on how they can take over power.
Speaking after NASA leader Raila Odinga's teams declared an interest in having the Bomas draft implemented, Ahmednassir recommended two ways through which the coalition can be successful in their quest to clinch the top seat.
"When you want power BADLY have a long-term strategy and plan properly, " posted the Lawyer on his Twitter page.
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However, Ahmednassir questioned the coalition on why they opposed the Bomas draft and had it defeated in a referendum yet they are now in support of it.
In 2005, the NASA coalition principals including Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi, President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto were against the Bomas draft leading to the rejection of its final document in a national referendum.
The independence Constitution was changed in a 2010 referendum - ushering in a purely presidential system that had been opposed by Mr Odinga's camp before they changed their minds and backed it.
On Monday NASA claimed that Kenyans were ready to reconsider the document, which the opposition coalition's principals stated is, "what Kenyans wanted."
The principals agreed last week that it is time the debate on the draft be brought back as they believe it is the best guide to end regular political conflicts blamed on the winner-take-all system.
"The Bomas Draft contains cures to the problems of inclusion, strengthening of devolution, the shape of the Executive, and security sector reforms,” NASA leaders had stated that in a statement issued on Friday after a meeting at Mr Odinga’s Capitol Hill office.
“Events in the country are crying out for a non-contested constitutional referendum,” Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua, a close ally of Mr Musyoka, reiterated the new push.
The legislator added: “The Bomas Draft is perhaps the best reference document in the said review. If Jubilee and what is left of NASA cannot agree on anything else, at least we must be able to agree on the need to fix what is not working for Kenya in the Constitution."
Produced at the Bomas of Kenya Delegates’ Conference in 2005 spearheaded by law professor Yash Pal Ghai, the document that came to be known as the Bomas Draft proposed that Kenya has a President, a Deputy President, a Prime Minister, and several ministers.
The Prime Minister, who had to be the leader of the largest political party or coalition in the National Assembly, would be appointed by the President from among MPs with the approval of Parliament.
[caption caption="File image of NASA Principals Moses Wetangula, Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi at a past press conference."]
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