NASA SWEARING-IN: IS IT LAWFUL?
The opposition coalition, National Super Alliance(NASA) is at it again. That they are planning to swear-in their leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka as People's President and Deputy President respectively following a successful adoption of the People's Assembly by 15 counties out of the 47. Whether or not that is captured in the new constitution of Kenya(2010) has remained to be a bone of contention between the two political sides. Jubilee, through the Attorney General Githu Muigai, maintains that the planned swearing-in by NASA is against the constitution, illegal and amounts to treason. NASA on their side aver that their actions are accommodated in Article 1 of the constitution and are thus treading their path within the law. Just to be sure, lets take a look at what the constitution says. ARTICLE 1. SOVEREIGNITY OF THE PEOPLE (1). All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised only in accordance with the constitution. (2). The people may