Thursday, October 29, 2009

Constitution ready in 10 days

The draft constitution will be out in ten days, Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo has said.

The Justice Minister is however calling on politicians to stop derailing the constitution making process by making irresponsible outbursts.

And as the debate on boundary review rages, the minister called for sobriety saying the issue was a threat to the review process.

MP's from Central Kenya have been pushing for the creation of more constituencies in their region through the "one-man, one-vote" formula.

The legislators have declared that they want population to be the main consideration as the Interim Independent Boundary Review Commission, a proposal that has been opposed by their counterparts from Coast and North-Eastern.

Mutula was speaking Thursday at the Strathmore University during a leadership and ethics summit where he urged the business leaders to take on the government where necessary.

The Committee of Experts have retreated to Kilaguni lodge to fine tune the harmonized draft Constitution.

Evangelical churches have threatened to rally Christians to reject the new Constitution at a referendum if the contentious Kadhi courts are included in the draft .

Mutula at the same time maintained key institutional reform were on track downplaying a US ban on a senior government official. He says only Kenya holds the key to ending impunity.

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