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59lost should not be nominated, nominatated MPs shoul not be nominated into the cabinet. Wakenya tuko huru lakini hatutakiUhuru. The current Constitution should be changed into a permanent multi-party Constitution with the following provision:• Funding of political parties by the government.• Barring elected leaders who defect in the middle of their term running for parliamentary or civic seats for the rest of theterm.On the rights of persons: the right of persons in lawful detention, prisons, remand or otherwise in State custody, may be lawfullyrestricted but to ensure that there is humane and dignified treatment of prisoners. The new Constitution should guaranteecitizens the right to information by provision of freedom of information Act and removing restrictions on freedom of expressionand independence of mass media. We don’t want KBC for “Kanu Broadcasting Corporation” but Kenya BroadcastingCorporation. The new Constitution should make provision for enactment of legislation to protect workers’ rights and to punisheconomic explointation of part-time and casual workers. The new Constitution should create mechanism to ensure thatleadership at all level is encoded in patriotism, meritocracy and moral uprightness. People say we don’t want dictatorship.When it come to agriculture, the new Constitution should recognize the centrality and locality of agricultural sector in Kenya’seconomy and make provision for preferential taxation, inputs, effective marketing, democratic governance and incomeguarantee in order to enhance sustainable economic grow. The new Constitution should make provision for establishment of taxand policy mechanism to accord preferential treatment to such area of agricural centred economy of Western province. Thenew Constitution should also make provision for enactment of public code of conduct to ensure that leaders account for theirwealth. Inculcate (inaudible) in public administration and penalize leaders found guilty of betraying public trust.To enhance the peoples’ rights to understant their rights and obligations under the Constitution and the corresponding duties ofstate, the Constitution be translated into local languages and be provided free of charge to every citizen. And again, last toPrevent the dumping of Commission reports in the office of the President like like that of Akwiumi report on tribal clashes, theTroon report on Robert Ouko’s murder, I would like the Constitution to create another court that can order the release ofthese reports from the office of the President.Com. Bishop Njoroge: Before you (inaudible). Let me explain to you what will happen. We have to go to all the 210constituencies and now we are finishing our hearings in the whole country with the Western Province. When we go back nextweek, we will prepare to go somewhere for a month to write the constituency report, the national report and to come out with adraft Bill. The report will be brought back to you here to make sure that what we have written, is what you said. Then afterthat, we will be having what we call the National Constitution Conference, made of 639 people. Among them, 3 people fromevery district, 220 members of Parliament, 139 members from Churches and civil society, 40 from every political partyregistered by the year 2000. They will come then and they will taken into a building, they will be given the report the draft bill