Politics
Scramble for constituencies
The chairman of the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission Andrew Ligale in consultations with commissioner Rosa Abuyu before briefing journalists at Nyali beach hotel in Mombasa. PHOTO/FILE
Posted Thursday, October 22 2009 at 22:00
In Summary
- Politicians meet to plot strategies to present to boundaries team
Nominated MP Mohammed Affey agreed with him, saying northern Kenya represented 20 per cent of the country’s total land but was under-represented in Parliament.
“They have to take into account that most people have left their areas to seek jobs and other services not provided by the government. We should be having up to 42 MPs, not 11,” Mr Affey said.
But legislators from the President’s Central Kenya have said that they would ask the Ligale team to use “internationally accepted standards of voter representation”.
Mr Ligale has denied that the commission was exploring how another 100 constituencies could be created to raise the number to 310.
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