{"id":103450,"date":"2023-09-24T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/what-it-means-to-extend-presidents-term-limit-to-7-years-akombe"},"modified":"2023-09-24T18:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:55:28","slug":"what-it-means-to-extend-presidents-term-limit-to-7-years-akombe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/what-it-means-to-extend-presidents-term-limit-to-7-years-akombe","title":{"rendered":"What it means to extend President’s term limit to 7 years – Akombe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Former IEBC Commissioner Roselyn Akombe has reacted following an opinion by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei to have the Presidential term limit extended to 7 years.<\/p>\n

Akombe in a post on X on Saturday said changing the Presidential term limit will allow President William Ruto to start a fresh term in office.<\/p>\n

She said this has happened in other countries where the Presidential term limits were amended.<\/p>\n

“In too many countries where the political elite amends the length of the Presidency or introduce term limits, the clock starts afresh,” she said.<\/p>\n

She was reminiscent that when former President Daniel Arap Moi introduced the term limits in 1992, he ran again for the top seat yet he had ruled Kenya from 1978.<\/p>\n

“Moi did the same in 1992. Let\u2019s get ready,” Akombe added.<\/p>\n

Moi in December 1991 during a KANU delegates meeting at Kasarani Stadium, repealed Section 2A of the constitution, thereby making Kenya a multi-party state.<\/p>\n

The change enabled the introduction of term limits to the Presidency.<\/p>\n

Moi went on to rule for two terms under the repealed constitution from 1992 to 2002 when he finally handed over power.<\/p>\n

Cherargei on Friday proposed the extension of the presidential term limit from the current five to seven years.<\/p>\n

This was in a memorandum the Senator submitted to the National Dialogue Committee at Bomas of Kenya.<\/p>\n

“The extension of the Presidential term of seven years each term for two terms from the current five years to allow stability and pragmatic development in the country,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said the move would enable the President to have a good opportunity to form and establish a formidable team to deliver his manifesto.<\/p>\n

“Besides, the Kenya presidential election is always highly profiled as a result of it being conducted within a short period of time thus making it a do-or-die adventure,” Cherargei notes in his proposal.<\/p>\n

However, the proposal was met with mixed reactions from a section of Kenyans who expressed their divergent views on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

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