The MPs gave termed the bill as private member bill and should not be misconstrued that is supported by the President William Ruto
The Bill, is sponsored by the Nandi Senator Samson Cherargey and its now at Senate awaiting approval
Section of legislators from the ruling party have come out disassociating themselves from the ongoing debate about the increasing term limits for the President and other elected leadedrs from current five to seven
Led by Gachungu MP Robert Gichimu, the lawmakers aurgued that Kenyans have serious pressing issues including joblessness, cost of ling, therefore increasing their terms is nonsensical
‘’We will bring it down and if it will sail through the senate, Kenyans must bring iit down in a referendum,’’ Githinji noted
While backing the sentiments, President William Ruto’s dierhard, Mogotio MP Reuben Kiborek, noted that, those were not the plans of the party, only individual ambitions to confuse Kenyans
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The bill which is at the Senate, is sponsored by the Nandi Senator Samson Cherargey, where MPs threated to shoot it down should it pass at the senate and sail through at National Assembly
‘’UDA and by extension Rift Valley region, where President William Ruto hails from, does not support the proposed extension,’’ Kiborek said
Our part leader has pronounced himself that he does not support the idea of the term limits which is giving him 7 years, and if re-elected in the second term come 2027 to serve the maximum of 14 years. The bill is a private member bill and should not be confused to mean that it has the blessings of the party or the region where we are coming from
The six lawmakers in number termed the bill dead on arrival, pledging to mobilise colleagues at the National Assembly to vote against it. The leaders were speaking when they addressed journalists at Parliament Buildings.