Suna East Member of Parliament (MP) Junet Mohamed on Wednesday disagreed with his party leader Raila Odinga's calls for a referendum.
According to the National Assembly Minority Whip, although the country may hold a referendum, it is not a priority right now adding that it is likely to take about three years for the leaders to come up with a referendum question.
"It’s too early to talk about the referendum. This is like putting the cart before the horse. The referendum will be the last thing in the cards. We have to identify issues first before thinking of the plebiscite.
[caption caption="File image of NASA leader Raila Odinga, Suna East MP Junet Mohamed together with ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi"]
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"In my opinion, a referendum is not foreseeable in the next three years. The earliest can be towards the end of 2021,” the ODM leader asserted.
Junet, who is known to be one of Raila's close aide, commented a day after his party ODM declared a united front towards the push for a referendum.
The Opposition Supremo together with other ODM leaders have categorically called for the Bomas Draft that proposed for a parliamentary system headed by a Prime Minister.
"Addressing some of these issues may require changes to some of our laws and even amendments to the constitution. When that time comes, we must be bold enough to pick up the challenge as a matter of duty to the nation,” Raila told his party’s NEC on Tuesday.
Addressing the push for a referendum Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria stated that he supports the calls for a referendum only that he wants it held in August 2022 alongside the next General Election.
Mr Kuria exclaimed: "Since we agree this is not about 2022, I am supporting the referendum on condition that it’s held on the second Tuesday of August 2022 so that we don’t subject the country to a continuous campaign mode.
"Let’s go to the polls, to elect a president, governor, senator, MP, MCA and also vote for a referendum question," the outspoken leader noted.
The leader of Majority in the National Assembly Aden Duale announced that Jubilee is not keen on the amendment of the constitution.
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