Reasons Why Ndaragwa Mp Want to Give the President Powers Over His DP
Ndaragwa Mp Jeremiah Kioni has stated that plans to give the President sweeping powers over his Deputy through amending the constitution are underway.
Carol Wangari 
According to Kioni who is also the chairperson of the National Assembly Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC), Granting any powers to the Dp was dangerous to the country as it would lead to a split amongst Kenyans should the DP decide to exercise such powers.
“If you give powers to the Deputy President and the President, what if they decide to start exercising their own powers individually? You have split the country. You cannot give some powers to an office, what about if the office decides to rebel like the case is today? If the Deputy President had constitutional powers, we would not be having a country,” stated Kioni in a local TV station interview.
He further stated that the Deputy President has no roles assigned to him and can only be given responsibilities by the President.
“There were no roles assigned to the DP, his is to deputize the President, and he can be told what to do or keep waiting.”
In addition to this the legislator also defended the Bill stating that it does not target DP Ruto as alleged by several United Democratic Alliance (UDA) affiliated parliamentarians.
“This has nothing to do with William Samoei Ruto. By the time the Bill comes into effect, he will have long left the office.”
However his sentiments were faulted by Kiharu member of parliament Ndindi Nyoro who stated that leaders are wasting too much time on endless constitutional reforms instead of focusing on issues affecting Kenyans.
“They keep on taking us into rounds on issues of constitutional review yet the major issue and predicament that Kenyans are facing currently is not of a constitutional nature, most of it is of economic nature, unfortunately we are wasting too much time on endless constitutional reform proposals, and especially geared towards power,” he stated.
