Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has said that he will not allow himself to be subjected to the proposed lifestyle audit.
Speaking on Citizen Television’s ‘The Big Question’ on Sunday, the lawmaker termed the proposed anti-graft technique as unconstitutional and lacking a legal framework.
If implemented, he said, it will be easily turned into a mechanism for settling political and personal scores, maintaining that until it is legalized, he will not be part of those who will take the test.
‘’I will not take the test. I will only allow myself to be subjected to it once we have an understandable legal framework under which it will be done. Anything not anchored in law is bound for abuse,’’ he said.
The Senate Majority Leader stressed on the importance of undertaking all the required due diligence before the President Uhuru Kenyatta brainchild is implemented, noting that it doesn’t make much sense to Kenyans in its current state and is set for failure.
‘’We must take it to parliament before telling Kenyans how the procedure will be carried out. Unless we have a structure, we will not go anywhere as a nation,’’ he added.
The President who has since expressed his readiness to lead in taking the test has however directed that all state officers must take the audit.