Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo: The Star Kenya]
Raila Odinga, during an interview with the Reuters, pointed out that there needs to be an interim government that involves members of all parties as a solution to the stalemate in the country’s political scene is being sought.
He stated that the Interim government will give the country and also the citizens time to think of the constitutional clauses that are not efficient to the Kenyan political landscape.
According to statistics and history, this, if effected, will be the first interim government this nation has ever had since independence.
Below are some of the thing we need to understand about an interim system of governance.
Almost all interim governments have been formed after political instability in particular countriesAn interim government can also be referred to and a provisional or a transitional government.An interim government can comprise of people outside parliament. So if Kenya decided to go down that road, anybody can be chosen to be a leader in the government.It is an emergency when a government is planning for a transition or when a sitting government has been incapacitated.An interim government is not directly provided for in the Kenyan constitution.