Yesterday Raila said we need a parliamentary system since a presidential system creates divisions.

Well this was his stand b4 we passed the constitution but he changed his mind for the presidential system when he saw he might become the next president...When I was queuing to vote "No" (I was against the presidential system)He was on the queue of status quo having tasted the sweetness of presidential power as a co-principal.

Now he is back home trying to convince me that I was right all a long...what an idiot.

Our institutions are fantastic but this presidential system will be the end of us.as long as our elections will be a zero game kind of a contest expect tribal animosity and acrimonious elections to be modus operandi.

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Mr Odinga says the Presidential system is ill suited for ethnically divided societies because communities pin their hopes on individuals and rally behind them, relegating other factors such as policy issues and merit to the back burner.


"I now believe very strongly that a presidential system enhances ethnicity and deepens divisions. I think a parliamentary system is much more appropriate for the kind of society we have in Kenya today...."

From the quote above, according to Raila, there is no problem with the presidential system per se. The problem is the Kenyans who cannot be trusted to elect Raila... oops, the "right" president