Tanzania Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu Cautions Kenyans over BBI
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has expressed concern over the presidential powers envisaged in Kenya’s BBI driven Constitutional amendment process that is spearheaded by President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
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Tindu Lissu was speaking exclusively to Citizen TV in Nairobi on Monday, claimed that the BBI only seeks to cement the powers of the president instead of reducing or spreading them towards other arms of government.
The Chadema Vice Chairman also said the creation of the office of Prime Minister as planned in the BBI is a dangerous move as he/she will be almost powerless, only serving at the mercy of the Head of State.
According to Lissu, this would drive the country down the same way as Tanzania in terms of leadership, something he added that Kenyans should strive to do better than.
“I’m very skeptical about BBI, and the reason for me is that the key Constitutional problem that I see in Kenya and that has bedeviled Kenya since 1964 is presidential…the presidency. In my reading, what BBI does is to augment rather than whittle away the presidential powers,” said Lissu.
He further added: “Kenyans should do better than copy Tanzania, you’re better than that”
