The
Kenyan National Assembly is no longer an inspiring institution and a
center of hope to Kenyans. The trouble lies in the greed,
gerrymandering, and the crowd that is parliament. Unless we get our
legislative institutions right, it may be difficult to function as a
democratic country. Here are some of the things that, I think, need to
be addressed if the legislature is to serve Kenyans optimally:-
1. it is not possible to have a meeting of 350 people and expect that they are all relevant. The number of MPs in the national assembly is more than necessary for health debate. We would rather have 120 members in the National assembly and 60 members in the senate for quality representation.
2. We do not need two houses that have equal powers. One house should have capacity to veto the other house; why not assume that bills from senate are to be passed by national assembly while bills from National assembly have to be evaluated by senate
3. Women reps should be sent to the senate. It is pointless having women run around a county only to be elected and reduced to the level of constituency representatives
4. Education standards for county reps have to be evaluated now that they are demanding more than 100, 000 plus allowances.
5. We have to move towards divorcing development execution or implementation from legislation. MPs and Senators should do legislation work and leave devolved funds like CDF to the devolved government
6. We need embrace a parliamentary system of government where minority leadership and majority leadership will begin to make sense
1. it is not possible to have a meeting of 350 people and expect that they are all relevant. The number of MPs in the national assembly is more than necessary for health debate. We would rather have 120 members in the National assembly and 60 members in the senate for quality representation.
2. We do not need two houses that have equal powers. One house should have capacity to veto the other house; why not assume that bills from senate are to be passed by national assembly while bills from National assembly have to be evaluated by senate
3. Women reps should be sent to the senate. It is pointless having women run around a county only to be elected and reduced to the level of constituency representatives
4. Education standards for county reps have to be evaluated now that they are demanding more than 100, 000 plus allowances.
5. We have to move towards divorcing development execution or implementation from legislation. MPs and Senators should do legislation work and leave devolved funds like CDF to the devolved government
6. We need embrace a parliamentary system of government where minority leadership and majority leadership will begin to make sense
Posted Yesterday by Gideon Wafula
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