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110empower the electorate to recall their Councilors. This should be done through collection of at least five hundred signatures ofthe electorate who registered their dissatisfaction on the performance of the Councilors.In the electoral system and process, Kenya should continue practicing representative electoral process. The Constitution shouldretain the current geographical constituency system but we recommend that the current boundaries be re-looked into - on thebasis of geographical and particularly on population diversity. On free, fair and informed elections, the Constitution must providefor very independent electoral commission. To do this, I propose that the electoral commission should be constituted by thepolitical parties according to their strength. The commission should also have representatives from other organized civilsocieties.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Can I have the last one. Because we will read your memorandum.Eustace Maina: The last one will be on the part of Constitutionalism. If the Constitution is made by the people and belong tothem, they should know it and understand it. The Constitution must be written in a clear, plain and straightforward language, asopposed to the legal language. The Constitution should state that it must become part of the school curriculum so that Kenyansgrow with their Constitution. The Constitution must commit any government in power to continuously offer civic education tocitizens. Thank you.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Thank you so much. Charles Mwangi Mahinda.Charles Mwangi Mahinda: Thank you Mr. Commissioner. I will only make a small point and I go forward. The Presidentand the Vice President should be elected by the people. They should each get at least garner 51% of the votes. The Presidentand Vice President should be at least forty years old - But there should be no older age limit. The President can appointMinisters and Chief functionaries in the government, but they should be vetted by the Parliamentary morals and ethicscommittee. In case of any misdeeds by the President, Parliament should have the powers to impeach him, and after thoroughinvestigation, the Parliament should recommend whether he should be taken to court or not.Provincial Administration should be scrapped. Districts should become counties. District Commissioners, DEO’s, Chiefs andAssistant Chiefs should go. They should be replaced by County Councils, Divisional Committees and Local Committees whichshould be able to formulate development policies in their own locality. County Councils should be autonomous from the CentralGovernment. It should be able to use their revenue in their domain to provide free education, health and infrastructure.Taxation in Kenya is one of the heaviest in the world. Parliament should be empowered to abrogate some of the taxes that aredraining poor Kenyans dry today. The office of the Auditor General should closely monitor government spending and prosecutethose found to have mis-used public funds.