Opposition leader Raila Odinga is advocating for constitution of an interim government to run the country for six pending a Constitution review.
He says this will cushion Kenyans against President Uhuru Kenyatta rule.
In an interview on Tuesday with Reuters from his Capitol Hill office, Raila said a Constitutional review is paramount.
He added that he is ready to dialogue on the same with Uhuru because it will lower the risk of violence by minority groups who feel sidelined from power.
Raila is rooting for a Parliamentary system of government.
“A pure presidential system enhances ethnicity because each community believes that they are not safe unless their man is at the top,” said he. “We had a new constitution that we enacted in 2010; we think that now it is time to revisit it.”
Last week, reports had it that Jubilee was mulling the idea of amending the Constitution to bring in the Parliamentary system of government to end never-ending squabbles after every five years of general polls.
“We must find a way to make the country more stable and we should be able to accommodate more people in the leadership,” a Jubilee MP privy to the proposal and informal discussion said.
Currently, the country is undergoing a political crisis inspired by bungled August 8 polls.
The tiff is between President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Raila further explained within the six months period an interim government will run the country, radical changes will be made to key institutions starting with the electoral commission, IEBC and other institutions seen as conduits of electoral injustice.
“We think that maybe six months will be required to carry out all these changes that we need in this country,” averred Raila.
Uhuru once again won in the repeat presidential poll marred by low voter turnout.
Raila withdrew his bid and called on his supporters to boycott the polls. They obliged to their master’s call as parts of Nyanza did not vote at all.
However, the second round of victory for Uhuru has opened a new battle front with NASA as it strategizes on the best ways possible to rebel on the Jubilee regime.
Uhuru’s victory has also been challenged at the Supreme Court by two petitioners among them former Kilome MP Harun Mwau.