[President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati. He made a grave confusion that may question his masterly of Kenyan laws. Photo/Nation]
Political commentator Dismas Mokua has taken a swipe on president Uhuru Kenyatta following has assumption that the controversial election amendment Bill is not yet law.
Passed by parliament weeks before the presidential repeat poll, Uhuru is however yet to assent it to law.
But with 14 days period having elapsed, Mokua says, the bill is automatically assumed to be law under the Kenyan constitutional requirement.
"The president should not cheat Kenyans that the Bill is not a law since he has not assented to it. That is a lie of the century.
"Legally, if he failed to act on it within 14 days, then the Bill is assumed to have become law. That is the requirement and nobody can alter it," Mokua said.
At the Bomas of Kenya, Uhuru said he was ready to listen to all stakeholders over the controversial laws before making decision.
Among the controversial clauses in the law is drastically reducing powers of the IEBC chairperson by delegating it to the rest of commissioners.