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Two: Education, right from the primary level to the university level should be made free and compulsory. As it is made free and
compulsory, then both boys and girls should have an access to this particular free and compulsory education.
Still on education, of late there was this Davy Koech educational Commission. And up to now we have not yet seen its findings.
So, I propose that, any other Commission in Kenya, whether it is on devil worship, educational, tribal clashes, e.t.c. Those
Commissions be made public, and we should have an access to them so that we know exactly what has been going on in this
country of ours.
Then under education, personally I don’t see the need of having some post graduates, graduating from our universities every
year, - whereas – once you come to the job sector there are no jobs.- If Kenya is only able to employ five graduates every
year, lets have the five thousand graduates joining the public universities so that they get employed. So we should give as much
–you know- of– the university – places or vacancies with the number of jobs there are in this country.
Still at education; If the government has entered into any contract with its citizens, - the workers particularly,- it might have been
teachers, and it went to an extend of gazeting it, it means that this is something which is legal, something which is a law. Once
they start coming,- to tell the teachers that there is no money in this particular country,- that is something which is very very
illegal. So if the government has entered into a contract with its citizens, then it should at least fulfill that, without breaching it
whatsoever.
Separation of power: We know that we have three main organs of the government. The Executive, Legislature and the
Judiciary. But most unfortunately there are no clear cut lines between this particular three organs. To be specific, the Executive
is the one who influences all of them. Take for example; our parliament does not have its calender. The calender of the
parliament as per the current constitution is, - you know, - made or decided by the president. Anasema ni wakati gani wa
uchaguzi, wakati gani wabunge waende sijui likizo and what have you. The parliament should be independent to come up with
its own calender.
Incase of the Executive, we see that when it comes to the appoitment of judges of the high court, the Attornery General, Chief
justice that is done by the chief Executive, that is, the president. And this should not be the case. Such a very important people
should be appointed by parliament and be vetted, so that we can get the correct personalities, maning those Executive offices.
That the Executive should be detached separated from completely from the legislature as well as from the judiciary.
Presidency – Its unfortunate that the people who drafted the very original indepent constitution messed. They gave very many
powers to the president. So many powers such that he is for example, above the law. There should be nobody in Kenya who is
above the law.