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On Monday, July 9, MPs shot dead a petition to amend the Constitution to cap the presidential age limit at 70.
The controversial and highly politicized petition submitted to the National Assembly Mohammed Sheikh was expelled by the Justice Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the grounds that it was discriminatory.
TUKO.co.ke reliably established the petition had sought to amend Article 137 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to cap the age limit for presidential candidates to 70.
But after reviewing the petition, justice The Legal Affairs Committee chaired by the Member for Baringo North, William Cheptumo, ruled the proposal discriminatory
The Committee argued that being old did not mean that we were not able to lead or make wise decisions. According to committee members, older members of society also have experience that can be very important in leadership.
As might be expected, the petition was strongly criticized and strongly opposed by opposition members who considered it to be deliberate. attempt to lock out Raila to run for president in 2022.
Naturally, the proposal would have prevented Raila Odinga, who is now 73, from running for president.
The debate on the age limit Nevertheless, it is still unclear whether the former prime minister will give the presidency another shot.
He personally indicated that he would no longer be on the ballot, but his ODM party insisted that he was still their man for the political duel of 2022.
A similar attempt to cap the presidential age limit was
Legislators allied with the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), led by 73-year-old President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, is league to defeat the age limit bill by any means.
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