MP Salasya vows to table motion opposing Ruto’s executive order vetting requirement for Northern Kenya ID cards
MP Salasya vows to table motion opposing Ruto’s executive order vetting requirement for Northern Kenya ID cards
Mumia East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya has vowed to table a motion in the National Assembly seeking to revoke President William Ruto’s executive order stopping the vetting of Northern Kenya residents when applying for national identification cards.
In a statement via X on Wednesday, February 5, Salasya said Parliament has powers to repeal the executive order which he termed as ‘silly’.
“I will put up a motion in the parliament to denounce this policy.
Parliament has powers to do away with this silly executive order,” Salasya stated.
The first-term MP also said he would form a very serious opposition in the parliament comprising of young parliamentarians.
“Any youthful MP who will not support this move, I will expose them. Let the National Assembly resume sittings next,” Salasya added.
President Ruto on Wednesday signed a proclamation scrapping a 60-year-old vetting requirement for Northern Kenya residents when applying for IDs.
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The Head of State noted that residents of border counties have historically been subject to additional vetting requirements in order to obtain national identity cards.
Ruto pointed out that the Constitution affirms that every person is equal before the law and guarantees all citizens the right to equal protection and benefit from the law.
“I have today said that the vetting is over, there will be no more oppression of others. This discrimination has lasted for 60 years, and we are ending it,” said Ruto.
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