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♦ Land and property rights. The scaling of land owned by an individual should be 100 acres. Idle land, which is private,
should be repossessed for re-allocation to landless people, or, owners be highly taxed. Idle land must be re-possessed
to trustees under the central government.
♦ Notification of public land allocation should be done in daylight.
♦ The enactment of the electronic media, description of the actual location and number of the land included.
♦ Registeration of land should start from locational level.
♦ Women should inherit land from both parents.
Political parties: There should be free political parties; there should be free association, assembly and expression, fully
guaranteed. There should be access to national electronic and print media and freedom to operate the same within unlimited
frequency.
Freedom of movement to all regions of Kenya.
The Parliaments work: It should have fixed calendar, Parliamenterians should attend full sessions, and during voting all must
attend. The parliament should approve all Executive appointment, and dis-appointment. Parliament to impeach the president.
The parliament should decide the number of ministries, Power to prosecute directly, Parliament to approve all intergovernment
treaties, Power to know whether the President signs or not, provided they get 2/3 majority, they should not have the power to
decide on their salaries.
An MP should have a minimum of O- Level with a pass. He should be 21 to 65 years of age, and a citizen by birth. Parliament
should run for five days a week, from 9.30 a.m to 4.00 p.m. And should be attended by all. An MP can lose a sit after missing
eight sessions per month.
The electorate should recall their MP if they see that he is not competent with a signatory of about one thousand.
Parliament to approve war declaration on other countries and …
Executives. The Executive, - here I mean the president, Vice President, P.S, Ministers, Assistant Ministers (he is interrupted
by the Commissioner, -told to wind up). Let me summarize the work of the Executive. The President’s qualifications: a
university degree, and he should be of age 40 to 70 years. He should be a Kenyan by birth, no criminal or scandalous records,
he should have a stable family, should be a God fearing person, and have good morals. He should have two five-year terms in
parliament.
Duties and powers of the president:
• Should not appoint chief justices, judges and high court judges.
♦ Should appoint Auditor general
♦ He should not be the chancellor of public universities.
♦ He should not appoint Commissioners; it should be done by parliamentarians.