The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has distanced itself from a proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill seeking to extend the presidential term limit from five to seven years.
The party which is led by President William Ruto condemned the move by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei, terming it “Repugnant, retrogressive and primitive”.
In a statement, UDA party Secretary General Hassan Omar described the bill mover, Senator Cherargei as a person “preoccupied with sensational distractions and perverse indulgence in political delinquency and legislative mischief”.
“Of grave concern is that this cynical, profoundly misguided and self-serving Bill contravenes a long-held aspiration of the people of Kenya to retire the undemocratic entrenchment of unaccountable political monopolies,” Omar said.
The statement which Ruto reposted on his X account added; “It seeks to deny the people regular opportunities to hold leadership to account and directly exercise sovereign power.”
Omar stressed that the UDA party respects the legacy of Kenya’s struggle for constitutional change, which culminated in a progressive, democratic, and inclusive constitutional dispensation.
The party urged members involved with the bill to cease their support immediately.
