THE STANDARD By
Standard Team |
February 23rd 2021 at 13:17:02 GMT +0300
28 County Assemblies have so far endorsed the Constitutional of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
On Tuesday, a majority of the 21 counties set to debate the bill unanimously passed the Bill.
Ward representatives from 16 counties overwhelmingly endorsed the Bill. Among them: Narok, Kakamega, Makueni, Murang’a, Bungoma, Nyeri, Machakos, Nyamira, Nyandarua, Garissa, Kirinyaga, Kitui, Mombasa, Meru, Nakuru and Lamu counties.
How some counties voted:
The assembly unanimously passed the Bill this morning with all the 36 MCAs voting in favour of the document which they praised as historic.
The draft was debated for less than an hour after the Assembly s Legal and Justice Committee Chairman Abel Mose tabled the report of the public participation exercise that was conducted on Monday.
THE STANDARD By
James Munyeki |
February 23rd 2021 at 16:31:29 GMT +0300
There was chaos at the Nyandarua County Assembly on Tuesday afternoon after a group of men wearing black suits stormed the chambers and tried to steal the Speaker s Mace.
The raid is reported to have occurred barely two hours after MCAs unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill 2020.
The group of five heavily -built men are said to have tried to take away the mace leading to a fistfight between two factions allied to impeached Speaker Ndegwa Wahome and Governor Francis Kimemia.
MCAs allied to Wahome did not take kindly the court ruling that confirmed his impeachment hence tried to stop the assembly’s proceedings by hiring the men in black.
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It is all systems go as county assemblies across the country debate the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
The Bill has already surpassed the constitutional threshold of at least 24 counties. This means it will now move to the Senate and National Assembly whose voting is mainly ceremonial because whether they approve it or not, it will still end up at the referendum level here voters have the final say on its fate.
At least 21 counties are expected to debate the Bill today, in what is looking to be a ‘Super Tuesday’.
By 10.30am, Narok and Kakamega County assemblies had unanimously passed the BBI Bill, raising the number of counties that have voted yes to 28.
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