One could argue that and for lack of a better phrase, Kenyatta on behalf of this nation (you and I) 'made a pact with the ......'

Read on and maybe this might change your vie on the courts.

Prior to independence and at the beginning of the Lancaster House constitutional talks, the British Government and the Sultan of Zanzibar appointed a commissioner, James Robertson, to report on the changes considered advisable in the 1895 Agreement relating to the coastal strip of Kenya as a result of the course of constitutional development of East Africa. In his report, Mr. Robertson recommended that the coastal strip be merged with the mainland before self-government and independence subject to certain safeguards being given to the Muslims of Kenya, which safeguards should be entrenched in the constitution. The Commissioner recommended that the Kadhis courts should not only be retained but also integrated within the judiciary under the Chief Justice's administration. Robertson also recommended that the 1895 Agreement be abrogated and another one made in its stead between the Governments of Kenya and Zanzibar.

This was done and on 5/10/1963 a new agreement was entered into between the Governments of Kenya and Zanzibar through Prime Ministers Jomo Kenyatta and M. Shamte respectively, in which agreement the Sultan of Zanzibar relinquished his sovereignty over the coastal strip in return for Kenya, among other things, guaranteeing the existence of the Kadhis courts at all times.

http://africa.peacelink..../articles/art_2120.html

Not without a fight...we will stand and oppose regardless of the odds against us.

Pro 14:12 There's a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again--it leads straight to hell.

Beware of the Camel's Nose!

Camel : Please sir I am very cold, kindly do relent Permit me to insert nose in your desert tent

Arab: Okay, get your nose inside!

Camel :Sir kindly allow me to insert one foreleg. It is very cold outside, I do humbly beg

Arab: Okay stick one leg inside!

Camel : Please sir, do allow inside my other foreleg as well As one foreleg cold other warm will make me unwell

Arab: Go ahead put your other foreleg inside!

Camel : Please sir, how about allowing one hind leg inside tent My hind legs are freezing master kindly do give consent

Arab: Alright, pull in one hind leg!

Camel : Sir my three legs are cozy inside and only one is outside Allow me to pull fourth one inside camel piteously cried

Arab: Sigh! Okayyy pull your fourth leg in!

Thus gradually with a lot of cajoling entreaty and guile Camel fully occupied desert tent and Arab lost his smile

Arab: Hey! Wait a minute! There is no room for me!

The camel with wily words placed himself fully inside
Displacing Arab out of warm tent to languish outside

Arab: Dayyyyummm! Ya Homar, ya kalb!

Ya homar = you donkey.

Ya kalb = you dog.

We all know that that ain't gonna happen. This bus is past that stage. They had a month to decide and believe me taking it back won't make a difference.

My fear is that the Lancaster Constitution expired when we fought in 2007/8 and what Annan left us with is a temporally cease fire agreement. We are in a constitutional crisis and let no one tell you that we won't have a vacuum if we reject this draft because we cannot afford to go back to the current in 2012.

So now, what will you do?

@masukuma,

It's not what they want me to believe, it's what I have seen and know. It will go back to parliament, they will debate and when it comes to voting there will be no quorum then Wako will have to publish what he's publishing.

Back to your argument, why then don't you vote YES and let parliament, the SUPREME law making organ amend it after?

Just a thought...what are the repercussions of removal of Kadhi's courts from the constitution?
1) They continue to exist only funded by SUPKEM or NAMLEF or some other religious body.
2) We stop paying public servants in the name of Kadhis and Chief Kadhi (whose only public job is to declare they have seen the moon) with money from our public coffers and let them be paid by the people they serve.
3) Nothing!!!