RAILA.------------------------------------------------------MAY NOT VIE FOR PRESIDENCY AFTERALL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jubilee Coalition has now shifted stand on the referendum being pushed by CORD and are now considering issues they would like to be included in the vote. The National Alliance (TNA) Secretary General Onyango Oloo says the Jubilee Coalition is consulting and will add more questions for vote in case Kenyans wish for the referendum. Among the issues the ruling coalition want Kenyans to vote on includes confining the presidential race to person below the age of 65 years. “We are not afraid of this referendum, the Jubilee Coalition is consulting seriously and vigorously and we will soon table before you issues that we would want Kenyans to look at, they may include and not be limited to restricting old men beyond the age of 65 from contesting the presidency,” Oloo said. The Jubilee Coalition proposal could however face challenges as it might be considered to be in violation of the Bill of Rights which in Article 27(4) prohibits the State from discriminating anyone on the basis of various attributes including age. The Constitution sets 35 year as the minimum age for any person who wished to be nominated for election as the President. If the proposal sailed through, then CORD Leader Raila Odinga would be barred for running in the 2017 elections. Odinga, who lost to President Uhuru Kenyatta in March 2013 poll, will be 72 years by the time the country holds its next General Election.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 15:02:16 +0000
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