Leave our progressive laws alone, President Uhuru Kenyatta tells referendum agents

{ Kenya has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world and those seeking to amend it should first allow its full implementation, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.}

The President said those calling for a review of the Constitution should spare Kenyans the unnecessary costs and disruption of development.

The President was speaking when he met Kenyans living in Lowell, near Boston, on Friday night, during a reception held for him and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta at the Lowell Memorial Hall.

“Leave our Constitution alone because it is the most progressive, and let us implement it to benefit Kenyans,” the President said.

He said the public should ask those asking for a referendum why they want to change the Constitution, which is even better than those of the strongest nations in the world, and whose implementation started less than two years ago.

“You don’t change what has not been implemented, the same way you don’t start building a good house and destroy it when it is midway to build a new one,” he said. The President said Kenyans had struggled for a new Constitution since 1992 and want to see it implemented fully. See also: What next for Bensouda in limited options scenario? “We will overcome any challenges in the Constitution as we continue with its implementation and strengthen our institutions,” the Head of State said.

President Kenyatta also took a swipe at governors demanding more financial allocations to counties. He said the county leaders were wasting time and resources agitating for more money when they have not even put in place the necessary structures with the money they had been given. Right structures “First put the right structures in place, help to build the economy and provide Kenyans the services you are required to,” said President Kenyatta to a rapturous applause. He added that governors should explain to Kenyans why they need more money when they have been unable to utilise what was allocated to their administrations during the last financial year.

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