House team criticised over land commission

They said Kenyans want reforms and that vested interests of few should not derail it.

The PSC, which has since agreed on a presidential system of government, has further been criticised for deleting parts of Bill of Rights, the Gender Commission and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights from the draft.

The land activists said the PSC has not mandate to mutilate the draft and that they were only supposed to harmonise contentious issues.

They said the size of the constitution depends on circumstances of every country.

“We cannot allow some yesterday grabbers to be judges of this matter. The PSC cannot pretend to be demigods to go and do what they are doing. If we allow a presidential system without checks, people will grab everything including cemeteries. If NLC is not in constitution land grabbing will continue forever,” Mr Odenda said.

Ms Abisai said Kenyans should not forget too fast where they were coming from as land is part of Agenda IV to ensure equity, fight corruption and end conflicts.

She said the right of women to own property and land is part of the envisaged reforms.

Mr Makathimo said it is wrong for PSC to replicate the Lancaster Constitution at time when Kenyans were yearning for reforms.

Mr Makathimo questioned where MPs and the numerous land policies were in last 47 years when the country’s roads, forests, public land and cemeteries were grabbed.