Kiraitu's Changing Tune

"NAK believes that the enormous powers vested in the presidency have transformed the Kenyan president into an authoritarian, imperial monarch, exercising feudal powers. The president is both the head of state and head of government, the president has ultimate control of the armed forces, the police and civil service, parliament, the judiciary, the ruling party and he is also the chancellor of all public universities. The Presidency has more powers than those enjoyed by the governor at the height of colonialism. NAK proposes that the powers of the president be drastically reduced and that the powers of the head of government be exercised by the prime minister".
(Kiraitu Murungi, as Shadow Attorney-General, outlining the NAK position to the CKRC in 2002)

Comment: Absolute power corrupts