Kirinyaga Jubilee top official says MCAs should be exempted from degree qualification
By People Daily, June 18, 2021Kirinyaga Jubilee Party Chairman Muriithi Wakang’ara has said it is not necessary for Members of County Assembly (MCAs) to have degree certificates.
According to Wakang’ara, only politicians vying for the seat of a member of parliament, gubernatorial or the country’s top seat should be degree holders as a mandatory requirement.
The politician said if otherwise that section of elections law should be scrapped all together.
Section 22 of the Elections act No 24 was amended in 2017 requiring anyone seeking to vie for positions, including Members of Parliament and County Assemblies, to have a minimum of a degree from a university recognized in Kenya.
“Members of County Assembly do not have to be graduates to lead to represent their wards in county assemblies, they can still work for the public with other levels of education qualifications like Diplomas and Certificates,” Wakang’ara said.
He further added that may that section of the law be applied during the 2022 general elections, MCAs should then be able to access same treatment as the one accorded to Members of Parliament.
“If that clause is implemented during next year’s elections, the call on the national assembly to pass law ensuring MCAs receive various packages accessed by MPs,” he said.
The Jubilee Chairman was speaking during a burial ceremony to Deputy Governor’s Peter Ndambiri sister, Beatrice Kabari who succumbed to cancer at the age of 38 years.