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TODAY:  Fri, Jul 30, 2010   2:27am EAT

Draft law: MPs to push for retreat

Written By:Collins Anampiu/Margaret Kalekye   , Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2010

Caption: Any amendments to the proposed law must be supported by a two thirds majority which translates to 148 MPs.

Parliamentary Caucus on Reforms will Tuesday move a motion of adjournment in parliament to allow members go for a consensus building retreat.

The over 100 members of parliament and ministers drawn from the two coalition parties have vowed to seek a united front to avert a stalemate in the constitution review process.

The move comes barely 4 days after the House voted against a retreat organized by parliament to build consensus before the debate on the proposed new constitution draft commences Tuesday.

Over the weekend the two principals President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga urged the MPs to build consensus as the review process enters a break or make stage.

PNU has been lobbying to have the document handed over to the Parliamentary Select Committee by the Committee of Experts revised to change some of the provisions on representation, legislature, devolution and transition.

ODM, on the other hand, is pushing for Parliament to pass the document without any changes.

Any amendments to the proposed law must be supported by a two thirds majority which translates to 148 MPs.

Elsewhere, Public Service Minister Dalmas Otieno has downplayed the differences in the coalition government  saying the constitution making process is on course.

He said that both coalition partners ODM and PNU understand the need for the country to have a new constitution and therefore cannot afford to derail the process.

He is optimistic that the political class would reach a compromise once the debate in parliament begins





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