very well said.and my answer to the referendum remains NOOOOOO unless someone convinces me otherwise.

B timer

Is there a clause determining how the MPigs should raise their parks..If we have 325 mpigs and they decide to unanimously increase their salaries by 100% will it be a laughing matter?

There seems to be alot of emphasis on the pay of the MP's who do not actually work since half of them are either ministers or assistants. With the proposed system, MP'S will have no excuse but to work. ,....Meaning since none of them will be in cabinet, what else will they be after except check on the Govt and its excesses. Since you are going to pay them anyway, why not pay them for work done.

In addition, all presidential appointee's will be vetted by parliament. People with good CV's and ability to deliver will get the jobs. Not so and so's father was blah blah,.....etc. It also bars loosing MP's from eligibility as Cabinet ministers.

The idea of Non-Mp president makes it even better. The perenial loosers will shy away. And again allegence to the president will NOT be "rewarded with a cabinet post".

The ministers will be the CEO's and hence the conflict between PS and Minister will cease to exist. Simply put, ministries will be run proffesionally.

In my opinion this is the Best system that is good for kenya. BIG YES YES!. Its less expensive having 325 Mps earning 1M per month, than to have the likes of Mwakwere as Transport Minister.

i think having either a prime minister or president works , but giving them both executive powers is a recipe for disaster for so many reasons . look at france , rwanda , TZ and every other country that has both .... one has executive authority and the other ceremonial , not to say we have to model a government based on others but from what we have all , the never ending turf wars , divisiveness just doesnt work well for national cohension . so electing a president .... note theres nothing that prevents him from continuing to reward political cronies , infact in govt a minister is almost always a political appointment and it doesnt really matter if that changes or not .. though i think it wont change because the president needs allies in govt at that level to push his agenda .... good or bad ... the PS is the one who runs a ministry in every sense ... and thats where there should be separation because you have idiotic ministers with no expertise on the dockets they hold trying to run them , trying to formulate policy and so on . if you appoint profesional ministers then you dont need a PS or again two centers of power , opinion , though in a ministry . SO it really comes down to electing a president from a politcal party with a good platform , good policies and so on , and letting an independent parliament and judiciary check how these policies and such are implemented according to the law . i think the biggest thing that will come out of the separation of these three parts of government is LOBBYING . the lobbyists are the unseen hands that reconnect the three arms of government . SO ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES ON A NEW CONSTITUTION WONT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON HOW THINGS ARE DONE UNTIL we the voters start making the right choices , and good choices from our actions , and one of the more important things KENYANS have become so quick we are at a risk of overtaking ourselves and by that i mean .... everywhere you go someone is asking for a bribe or someone is bribing , you steal food for the starving to sell , you steal money to educate poor children .. to be kenyan needs to start meaning something else .