Experts set to receive proposals

The Committee of Experts is set to receive recommendations on the draft constitution from a team of MPs meeting in Naivasha on Friday, said director Ekuru Aukot.

Dr Aukot said the experts would consider the views and recommendations. He was responding to a query on what the committee would do following the “mutilation” of the revised draft by the Parliamentary Select Committee on the constitution.

Some groups – including the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and the Gender Commission – have accused the PSC of watering down the draft presented to them by the CoE.

Removed

The PSC removed the KNCHR and Gender Commission from the draft, sparking outrage from various groups.

The MPs said instead of entrenching the groups in the constitution they should be stipulated by Acts of Parliament.

Last week, CoE chairman Nzamba Kitonga said his team would adopt the changes agreed by the PSC.“We are bound to accept all the changes that have been agreed upon by the PSC,” he said.