Tag: Punguza Mizigo Bill

Aukot’s referendum bill flies into headwinds after parties gang up against him

It is nine years since the new Constitution was promulgated and Thirdway Alliance Kenya has caught the country’s major parties napping with his Punguza Mizigo referendum bill. The debate about changing the Constitution has been on and off since the advent of the devolution era. But with 2022 General Election just around the corner, the […]

Aukot and the ‘Punguza Mizigo’ campaign: What next after court ‘stopped’ him?

On July 30, Dr Ekuru Aukot accused ODM and Wiper Party leaders of sponsoring petitions against the Punguza Mizigo Bill in court.

Referendum: Tackle supremacy wars between Senate, MPs

Alberto Leny The Ekuru Aukot-led Thirdway Alliance’s push for a referendum through its Punguza Mizigo initiative has re-opened a debate on the review of the Constitution. A referendum now seems inevitable and time is ripe for the amendment of the 2010 Constitution, based on lessons learned from nearly a decade of its existence. The Punguza […]

ODM party trains guns on Punguza Mizigo initiative

Seth Onyango and Bernice Mbugua @PeopleDailyKe Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has stepped up bid to block Thirdway Alliance Party leader Ekuru Aukot’s Punguza Mizigo Bill saying it will claw back gains the country has made over the years. The move came as Timothy Odhiambo,  a voter, sued to block the bill claiming the signatures collected by […]

ODM supports 7-year presidential term in ‘problematic’ Aukot proposal

The ODM Party has slammed Dr Ekuru Aukot’s “Punguza Mizigo” Bill as “problematic”.