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A lobby group is proposing the introduction of a rotational presidency elected through electoral voting principle as a mitigation mechanism to the apparent political instability in a country dogged by tribal political alliances

If the proposals already handed over to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for approval are anything to go by, any member of the Kikuyu and Kalenjin communities will be stopped from fielding a presidential candidate until all other ethnic tribes have one of their members elected president.

In the proposals that must see Article 137 of the constitution amended, Dr Magare Gikenyi and Milton Nyakundi who are the promoters of the LETA USAWA KENYA constitutional amendment 2023 Bill insist that ethnic communities whose member(s) had tasted the presidency immediately before would not be eligible to front a presidential candidate or a deputy president at least until all ethnic communities have been elected president and deputy president respectively.

“For the sake of national unity, equity, equality, harmony fostering cohesion, curing of historical imbalances in the presidency, enhancing inclusivity, social justice, prevent ethnic discrimination, schism & disillusionment and appreciating president as a symbol of national unity there shall be rotational president cycle doctrine among all ethnic communities,” the promoters say in their proposals. In the proposals however, an ethnic community will not be allowed to have its members simultaneously vying for a position of both the president and deputy president in one presidential ticket of the same party and or coalition party or as an independent presidential candidate ticket.