The Future of Kenya

TT IS UNFORTUNATE that our constitutional conference is still going on 1 and I am therefore unable to discuss certain aspects of the changes that we are trying to secure in the constitution. All that I can say is that our Government's intention is not to go back unnecessarily on any agreements that we made last year. Our whole purpose is to try and ensure that Kenya emerges into independence with a practical and workable constitution. Some people have asked why we did not foresee this need during our talks last year. The answer is very simple: the atmosphere and circumstances in which we negotiated last year were such that in our judgment at that time, it was necessary to make certain compromises, to get Kenya moving again and to avoid the possibility of a conflict. At that time there was a minority Government in power and we who were the majority party, happened to be in opposition. The British Government acknowledged that this was not the best arrangement and (consequently) the urgency in 1962 to try and reach a settlement. Today we have an entirely changed situation. We have a popularly-elected Government in power, the support of our party in Parliament is well over 75% and this trend of support and unity is increasing throughout the country. There is growing stability and economic recovery is well on the way; more people are making enquiries to invest and people with money within the country are beginning to look around for industries and other economic activities in which they may invest. Our farmers are beginning to prepare to expand, as against the attitude of the last five years when there was no expansion at all. Everyone in Kenya, all races, all tribes, are hopeful and have great expectations about the future. The constitution that we have for internal government is a rigid constitution, perhaps the most inflexible anywhere in the Commonwealth. It is an expensive constitution requiring in some cases parallel administration as between the central Government and the regions, and the duplication of the local govern- ment system. It is also entirely inflexible as far as amendments to the constitution in the future is concerned. I think it is the only constitution where in order to amend it, you need to have 90% support in the senate. This is undesirable. We are not seeking to revise this machinery in order that we may be able to scrap the constitution; we are seeking to revise it in order that the constitution may be a more sensible and practical document

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