Kenya: Wetangula Explains Why Kindiki’s Nomination Did Not Undergo Public Participation

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula on Friday clarified that Parliament would not conduct public participation in the process to install Kithure Kindiki as the next Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya.

According to Wetangula, Article 149 of the Constitution required the National Assembly to vote on the nomination to fill the vacancy in the Office of the Deputy President, a process which he claimed was considered an election.

He noted that, whenever the National Assembly convened…