Attorney General Githu Muigai. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
Attorney General Githu Muigai has given the constitutional interpretation of the trending secession talk in the country.
Muigai said that the only way to divide the country was through a public referendum.
He was responding to a question in the Nation where a reader, Joseph Mwangi, who wanted to know the fate of the secession talk.
"Lately there has been a lot of talk around secession. How legally difficult or easy can this be?" he asked.
In response, Muigai said that Kenya's sovereign existance as a nation means that the country is indivisible and can only fragment by a collective acceptance of the people through a vote.
"Our Constitution provides that Kenya is one sovereign indivisible nation. Secession would involve altering the territorial boundaries of the Republic of Kenya, which must involve a referendum in terms of Article 225 of the Constitution," he said.
"The Constitution of Kenya recognises that the territory of Kenya may be altered, this implies that the territory may either increase or decrease. Either way, the only way to alter the territory of Kenya whether by secession or otherwise is to ensure that a referendum is conducted," he added.