MP Manduku calls for Parliament dissolution, fresh elections

Speaking to the press in Kisii on Thursday, Manduku accused elected leaders of failing the country's mandate.

He stated that new elections would give Kenyans the opportunity to choose new leaders who would serve them faithfully.

"I want to thank the president for ultimately listening to the people's voice and doing the right thing but more than that I want to state here that as elected leaders we're the problem and I want to ask the president to immediately dissolve National Assembly and call for fresh elections within 90 days," he said. 

The lawmaker also claimed that President Ruto would rely on international treaty organisations like the African Union, the United Nations, and the East African Community to send nine commissioners to oversee the elections. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is not currently properly constituted to conduct elections.

"People will argue that there's no IEBC but remember we're party to many international treaties. We can ask the AU, EAC or UN to send nine commissioners to oversee the elections. The first point would be update the voter register within 30 days and thereafter conduct fresh elections. MPs who barely served two years will be compensated on the remaining term," he pointed out. 

He urged the Gen Zs to ensure that MPs do not resume Parliament, insisting that the status quo cannot continue at a time when the public has expressed dissatisfaction with the current regime.

"It is not tenable that we can go back to that House which has been desecrated. Article 1 of the Constitution talks about the power belongs to the people. What we saw on Tuesday is that the public came to take back the power. I want to ask Kenyans not to allow MPs to go back to Parliament," Manduku noted. 

"Yesterday, I saw the president reading a statement and his deputy reading another statement. Two statements that seem to come from different arms of government. It is my considered view that the government has failed in its duties to protect Kenyans. We ask the president to reconstitute the Cabinet and get competent people to work for him."

Article 261 states that if Parliament fails to carry out its constitutional mandate, the president may dissolve it on the advice of the Chief Justice.