Mutunga: Powerful forces working to derail constitution's implementation
Front, from left: Lawyer Philip Murgor, former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and Reverend Timothy Njoya take part in a walk in honour of the Constitution in Kinoo in Kikuyu, Kiambu on August 21, 2016. PHOTO | MARTIN MUKANGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga says vision for change exists.
- He says youth have task to make sure constitution is fully implemented.
Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga on Sunday said that some powerful forces were working to derail implementation of the Constitution.
Dr Mutunga, who retired in June, told Kenyans to rise up and demand a new country in which resources are shared equitably.
‘The vision for change and what the new Kenya should be is there. But there are forces that are making it difficult to implement the Constitution,” Dr Mutunga told a congregation at PCEA Kinoo Parish in Kiambu County.
“They will always be there, and they are not going to disappear,” he added.
Dr Mutunga was in a group that included veteran human rights activist and cleric Timothy Njoya, US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec, former Director of Public Prosecutions Philip Murgor, who had joined activists led by Boniface Mwangi in walking for 17 kilometres from Kinoo to the Freedom Corner at Uhuru Park.
Mr Mwangi had led a 350-kilometre, 14-day walk from Kisumu to Nairobi to celebrate six years since the Constitution’s promulgation on August 27, 2010.
The activist, whose team said they gave out over 5,000 copies of the Constitution, said that the walk had achieved its purpose.
“We are walking because the Constitution is ours and we need to show ownership. We are walking because our forefathers lost their lives to fight for our rights now enshrined in the Constitution,” said Mr Mwangi.
Dr Mutunga said that the youth had the biggest task to make sure the Constitution was fully implemented.
