Kenyans have expressed their concerns after the new attorney general Dorcas Oduor remarked that it’s time for change of the kenyan constitution just days after being sworn in.
Speaking on Monday, Attorney General Oduor said a lot of things have changed in the almost 15 years the current constitution has existed and the constitution is now ripe for review and change.
Kenyans have questioned the intention of the Attorney General considering that there are many pressing issues currently affecting the country and the constitution review is not on the priority list.
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However, the Attorney General argued that many things including geopolitical, social and economic issues have changed to warrant the constitutional change. South Africa according to her did it in 10 years and we should do it at 15.
“Not only that it is the right time but our constitution is 15 years. You realise in South Africa, after 10 years they had to review their constitution and they came up with very many new things. It’s time for us to relook at the constitution because many things have changed. Geopolitical, social and economic issues have all changed.”
According to Oduor, she cannot do the constitutional change alone and the work of her office is to advise the public on how to go about it and that the review is the mandate of the people and their representatives.
“The constitution is ripe for review but you can’t do it by yourself. You have to take it back to the people and parliamentarians and representatives of the people,” Oduor insisted.
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This comes after Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga also remarked that the time had come for the country to critically relook at the 2010 Constitution to address existing gaps in a bid to change it.
“We must go back to the Bomas draft constitution put it back on the table and see how what needs to be cleaned up so that we can have a progressive constitution,” Raila said at the time.