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16Nomination of MP: Presently, this practice has promoted patronage. Nomination of MPs should bravely be on basis of specialinterests.Disabled: Somebody should be nominated to represent the disabled because he has interests in the disabled or he is disabledhimself. Church interests, Women interests, Children interests, those special interests should be the only ground for nominationof MPs to Parliament.The power to remove President: As representatives of people, Parliament should have the power to remove the Presidentthrough the vote of no confidence. They should also have the power to impeach the President.The Parliamentarians emoluments: Parliamentarians are elected by the people and they are therefore employees of the people.They should not therefore, vote themselves hefty allowances at the expense of the taxpayer who are their employer. TheCommission should determine a system of paying them. The current system of MPS voting themselves money should be doneaway with immediately. Parliament must set its own calendar. It should have its own calendar as far as its prolongation,adjournment and dissolution.Now, I come to the Executive. There should be an Executive President. Natural resources including land, forests, water andminerals belong to the State. Therefore, to all the people of Kenya. They should never be signed away without the approval ofParliament. Accordingly, all forests signed away in Karura, Mau, and Mt. Kenya e.t.c. should revert to former youth withoutfurther ado. The holder of the Office of the President - should be between the age of forty-five and seventy five years of age.He should be a University graduate. He should never have been convicted of any crime. He should not be a Member ofParliament, and during elections, he should not be elected as a Constituency member but only as President.Com. Bishop Njoroge: One minute to go.Joseph Karoki: During elections, he should obtain over fifty percent of the votes cast and in case none obtains the fifty percent of the votes, there should be a rerun of the two leading Political Parties. The President should only have a two term of fouryears each. Not five as at present. Nobody in our republic should be above the law. This should apply to any President in officeor out of office. Presidential appointment should be governed by qualifications of the appointee and not rewards of loyalty as atpresent. The appointments should be vetted by Parliament.The Judiciary: As one of the main protectors of the Constitution, freedom of the Judiciary should be protected in theConstitution.