Tempers flare as CA delegates get rowdy

Constituent Assembly member Ally Mohammed Keissy has taken matters to his own hands to prevent unnecessary interruptions during debate.

>Reaching consensus in the Constituent Assembly (CA) may remain a pipe-dream unless members cool down their tempers as they deliberate the second Draft Constitution, a veteran politician, Pancras Ndejembi, has warned.

Four senior political leaders on Monday cooled tempers and eased tensions among Constituent Assembly members, urging them to keep their emotions in check when debating sensitive issues.

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As we enter the fifth week of the Constituent Assembly (CA), there are those among us who argue that nothing has happened yet. That may well be true if all we have in mind is the actual writing of the new constitution.

>Some Constituent Assembly (CA) members yesterday asked the government to increase their daily allowance, saying the Sh300,000 they were getting was peanuts.

>Constituent Assembly (CA) members’ request for a substantial increase in allowances has been rejected, The Citizen learnt yesterday.