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The CORD coalition’s determination to amend the Constitution to give more power to counties and end the tyranny of numbers in presidential elections has set it up for a major tussle with the ruling Jubilee alliance. 0 inShare CORD co-principal and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga heads to Kwale, Mombasa and Taveta for public rallies seen as a move to water down the effects of Deputy President William Ruto’s weekend tour of the area. Raila is expected to drum up support for the amendments that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee government is opposed to. The region overwhelmingly voted for CORD in this year’s General Election. The clamour by CORD for a review of the Constitution to replace the presidential system of government with a parliamentary one has lit the fuse in this latest contest. Jubilee leaders have accused Raila of looking for ways to stir up another political contest after the March 4 ruling that confirmed Kenyatta as President. National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale even claimed that CORD was instigating the crusade by governors for a constitutional referendum under the guise of devolution.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:13:35 +0000

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