[wanabidii] Re: Uhuru Kenyatta to face ICC judges as he hands power to William Ruto

Judy,
No BIG DEAL! He is NOT the first African President to hand down power temporarily. Secondly, the action was more hot air than anything. The KATIBA states that the DP becomes acting president whenever the resident is away. The actual written handover was meant for AU Leaders and people such as Judy. Just to jog your memory on past actions of acting presidents - Mandela used to hand over presidency to including Buthelezi and De Klerk. Nyerere as Prime Minister of Tanganyika also did the same! For Uhuru it is the first time to make it explicit in Kenya.
Hehehehe

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On Mon, 6/10/14, Judy Miriga <jbatec@yahoo.com> wrote:

Subject: Uhuru Kenyatta to face ICC judges as he hands power to William Ruto
To: "Progressive-kenyans" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>, "CHANGE MOMBASA 2012" <changemombasa2012@yahoogroups.com>, "Wanabidii Googlegroups" <wanabidii@googlegroups.com>, "Wanakenya Googlegroups" <wanakenya@googlegroups.com>
Date: Monday, 6 October, 2014, 12:09


Good
People,
President
Uhuru did what has never been done before by any Sitting
African President in history.  It is truly a bold move
putting the country with its people first and has shown
statesmanship that has proved beyond odds displaying
compliance of responsibility for public office. 

It
is a unique
move and mostly commendable and Ruto on
the other hand should demonstrate capacity for honor and
respect in the consequence, proving that Kenya has moved far
beyond pettiness and is ahead of most African Countries in
comparison.


Because of
what I see and liking it, as a voice of reason, I impressed
and moved by this mature and wise decision, and am compelled
to stand in tune with President Uhuru and the Country in
this matter.

I wish him
all the best and Pray that, all is well that ends well.



Cheers
!!!

 Judy
Miriga

Diaspora Spokesperson

Executive Director

Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,

USA

http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

Monday, October
6, 2014
Uhuru Kenyatta to face ICC
judges as he hands power to William Ruto


In
Summary
Powers that Deputy President William
Ruto cannot wield:Article 134 (2) (a) the nomination or
appointment of the judges of the superior courts;(b)
the nomination or appointment of any other public officer
whom this
Constitution or legislation requires the President to
appoint;(c) the nomination or appointment or
dismissal of Cabinet Secretaries and other State or Public
officers;(d) the nomination or appointment or
dismissal of a high commissioner, ambassador, or diplomatic
or consular representative;(e) the power of mercy; and(f) the authority to confer
honours in the name of the people and the
Republic.


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REPORTER









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President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed
William Ruto as Acting
President for the duration he will be away attending his
case at the
International Criminal Court.President Kenyatta made the
unprecedented announcement during an address to a special
session of Parliament on Monday.He
said he will invoke Article 147, section 3, to appoint Mr
Ruto as
Acting President while he attends the ICC status conference
this week at
the Hague.The article states: Subject to Article
134,
when the President is absent or is temporarily
incapacitated, and
during any other period that the President decides, the
Deputy President
shall act as the President.The decision means President Kenyatta
will attend the status conference in an individual capacity
and not as the head of state.FOREIGN
JURISDICTIONPresident
Kenyatta explained that the decision to hand power to his
deputy is
meant to ensure that the sovereignty and democratic will of
Kenyans will
not be subjected to a foreign jurisdiction.In the
hard-hitting address, President Kenyatta faulted ICC
Prosecutor Fatou
Bensouda for accusing the Kenyan government of not according
her
sufficient cooperation in the case."My conscience is
clear, has been clear and will always be clear that I am
innocent of all
accusations levelled against me. The prosecutor has
admitted that the
available evidence is unable to prove criminal
responsibility."I
expected the matter to be dropped for lack of evidence.
Instead, the
prosecutor asked for an extension and blamed the government
of not
cooperating," said Mr Kenyatta.After the address at
Parliament, President Kenyatta walked to his Harambee House
office,
where he formally transferred power to his
deputy.He emerged minutes later and left in a
private vehicle without his aide-de-camp.The presidential motorcade was handed
over to William Ruto.Earlier,
the President had met Kenya's top security organ on
Monday morning,
before meeting Cabinet secretaries in the
afternoon.



 

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