CIC accuses Uhuru of constitutional transgression

The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) has accused President Kenyatta of violating the constitution. This is after Kenyatta directed 10,000 police recruits to report for training after an exercise marred by rampant corruption. The CIC cited a court order suspending the process and said that the president's directive amounted to contempt of court.

Speaking at a CIC Conference organised jointly with Maseno University, a CIC Commissioner, Prof Peter Wanyande, said that the rule of law had to be followed. He also said they will look for ways of challenging Kenyatta's unlawful order.

The CIC asserted that they will not just sit and allow the constitution to be violated, adding that the directive is unconstitutional since there was a court order.

“We will join other organisations to ensure the court order is implemented and respected as enshrined in the constitution,” Professor Wanyande declared.

“We are mandated with the implementation of the constitution. We don’t want lawlessness in the country, therefore everybody must obey the law,” he added.

He said the President should not infringe on the Judiciary’s mandates but let it determine the facts and the law over the case.

Wanyande said the government has primary responsibility to protect its citizen but that does not give it room to violate the constitution.