Finally, Kenya will once again have a prime minister. I support the establishment of the Office of the PM but oppose the proposed duties, functions and how the position is poised to be positioned in the republic.
The premier should have been the head of the legislative branch, the same way the president and the chief justice are the heads of the executive and the judiciary branches of the government respectively. The position should enjoy the responsibility to control the legislative agenda in the August House.
The majority party which would be the PM’s party would take control of all the parliamentary select committees chairpersons and will have the majority members in the respective committees’ composition. The committees need to be given appropriate prosecutorial powers in order to make them effective.
In addition all presidential and other executive branch appointees should undergo appropriate parliamentary committee rigorous confirmation hearings before being confirmed to their respective appointments. The exception to this rule should be perhaps the cabinet members since they are also MPs.
In addition all State House employees stationed and or working at State House such as the President Private Secretary/ State House Comptroller and others should also not be subjected to the confirmation hearing.
Boldly speaking, in the agreed arrangements, the prime minister will have no constitutional powers to do anything when it comes to the executive and or the judiciary braches. But just to coordinate government functions.
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Omar Ali
March 02, 2008
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