game run political 4th election “I am shocked that the police is harassing Mr Owallo when they know I am the brains behind the group. I have written to them over this but they have refused to call me in for questioning,” said Omtatah. He said the movement, which plans countrywide peaceful protests to drum up support for constitutional changes, enjoys strong support from a cross section of leaders. “Ten Senators and 45 MPs from both the Jubilee and Cord coalitions have so far backed the idea and more have promised to support us,” said Mr Omtatah. He added, “All senators and MPs from marginalised communities are behind the idea and have pledged to support it in Parliament.” He says four lawyers whom he did not name are helping him with drafting the Bill and he seeks to get 1.5 million signatures and the amendment done after six months. “I am collecting 1.5 million signatures to amend Article 138 of the Constitution to change the country’s voting system where counties determine the presidency and entrench devolution where no-one cannot mess it up,” Mr Omtatah said. So far, 200,000 people have signed the petition. “My aim is to detribalise politics and include all Kenyans in the running of this country. I want to replace the tyranny of numbers with the safety of numbers,” Mr Omtatah said. The County Weekly has seen a full-colour brochure titled Moving From the Tyranny to the Safety of Numbers in Kenya’s Presidential Elections, a concept note and a signature sheet prepared by the group in readiness for their task. In the brochure, the group has superimposed photographs of the late President Kenyatta, his successors Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki in a discussion inside an unspecified location with a caption: “State power has never left this room.”
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