Discuss the contentious issues during the constitution making process in Kenya.
Answer:
- Whether to adopt a pure presidential system of government headed by a prime minister or a
a parliamentary system of government headed by an executive president.
- Whether to have an executive president who is both head of state and government or to create the office of the prime minister who will be the head of government
- Whether to have a bicameral parliament with a senate and a national assembly or a unicameral parliament with a national assembly only.
- Whether to retain the sitting members of the judiciary or to have them undergo a vetting process to determine their suitability.
- Kenyans were undecided on the levels of government i.e. whether to have one level of the central government, two levels of National and county governments, or three levels national, provincial and district governments.
- Kenyans were divided on the number and composition of members in the proposed legislature i.e. the National Assembly and the senate