Former presidential candidate proposes recall of Ruto administration
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Ekuru Aukot proposes the recall of the entire Ruto administration over failure to address challenges facing Kenyans
Ekuru Aukot proposes the recall of the entire Ruto administration over failure to address challenges facing Kenyans.
Former presidential aspirant Ekuru Aukot, on Wednesday, proposed recalling the entire Kenya Kwanza administration led by President William Ruto, arguing that it posed a heavy burden on Kenyans.
Aukot claims the law gives Kenyans the right to call for the dissolution of Ruto’s government so that new elections can be held.
“Invoking on sovereign power and authority prescribed in Article 1 of the Constitution of Kenya, we should be able to end our contract of employment with this Kenya Kwanza administration immediately,” he stated.
Article 1 of the Constitution states that all sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised only in accordance with this Constitution.
“The people may exercise their sovereign power either directly or through their democratically elected representative,” the Article adds.
Since Kenya Kwanza’s representatives in office had let the people down, Aukot believed that Kenyans ought to assert their right to self-government.
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“Since election is a contract between the electorate and elected leaders or government, why can’t the electorate end that contract as the employer?” Aukot posed in a statement shared on his social media pages.
According to the Kenyan Constitution, the sovereign power of the people is exercised at the national and county levels.
President William Ruto’s government has been criticized for the rising cost of living, which has seen prices of commodities increase sharply.
Additionally, Kenyans have complained of increased taxation, with new taxes introduced through the Finance Act 2023.
However, the President has repeatedly defended his administration, stating that he was reducing the nation’s overreliance on loans and enhancing dependence on irrigation-fed crops.
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