Everyone currently is jumping onto the bandwagon of drumming up support for or against the draft constitution and unfortunately most of us are ignorant of what has been prepared for us to vote or veto (neat switchin of the letters there!)...We have exhausted the time we had been given to debate the document and granted most of us contributed zilch to the document, but it offers us a rare opportunity to right a few wrongs that the old constitution could not address. My view is we will NEVER have a perfect document and we will NEVER please everyone. We have wasted plenty of resources and dragged for ages coming up with the draft as it is. now because some people who raise issues that either don't relate to them (men ..read priests et al commenting on abortion and we complaining about Kadhi's courts that only address civil cases between two consenting muslims). I think it is a bit trivial the reasoning given for rejecting 97% of a good document just because 3% does not suit you. The muslims are not complaining of the rest of the constitution that draws primarily from English Common Law that to the best of my knowledge was crafted from Anglican (read Christian) doctrine. The other politicians are voicing their disagreements especially because of Land issues which affects them mostly and the ill manner in which they obtained it, as well as maintaining the ridiculous influence the politicians have in controlling almost everything in running our country. Let MPs stick to legislation, we get professionals in cabinet as proposed to run the government and for once have a functional and meaningful lean cabinet. Women in my opinion and minorities have been given the best chance they will ever get at narrowing the divide in parliamentary representation, and the less said about dual citizenship and what Kenya has missed out on..the better
Let's give the document a chance
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