Duale Breaks Ranks With DP Ruto [VIDEO]

National Assembly Majority Leader, Aden Duale, has differed with Deputy President, William Ruto, with regards to the plan to amend the constitution. 

The MP, on Saturday, called for the creation of the position of a prime minister in the government. 

"Because we keep fighting over presidential elections, causing tensions in the country, we as the pastoralist community propose a parliamentary system of government, that is lead by a prime minister.

"The party or coalition which get the most positions in the National Assembly and the Senate should produce the prime minister," Duale spoke.

"My advice to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) led by former Senator Yusuf Haji is don't waste any more time. Ask Kenyans to make a decision on the parliamentary system of government," he added. 

DP Ruto has in the past made his rejection for the creation of the position of a prime minister known.

During an address at The Royal Institute of International Affairs, commonly known as Chatham House, in London, he expressed his objections to the proposal. 

"I have heard some suggestions, even by opposition leaders, that the National Executive should be expanded to include a prime minister as well as two deputies, as a means of addressing the winner takes all challenge. I don't know how that is supposed to be achieved because this suggestion has two problems.

"It does not resolve the problem which is that we need a functional constitutional opposition. Secondly if the position is created, it would still be taken by the winning party so it doesn't solve the problem," Ruto objected. 

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