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Aden Duale Pushes for System in Which Majority in Parliament Elects President
['Kai Eli']
Tuko.co.ke
Health CS Aden Duale wants the National Assembly to be accorded the absolute right to elect the president.
"Raila Odinga and us believed in a parliamentary system of government, but those who had the tyranny of numbers refused us that parliamentary system," Duale said.
Duale argued that a parliamentary system, in which the party or coalition with the most elected MPs forms the government, would shift the centre of political competition from national tallying centres to individual constituencies.
Duale went on to say that a parliamentary system would reduce the risk of election-related violence, since results would be determined by constituency-level tallies rather than a single national count subject to dispute.
He expressed hope that Kenyans would eventually embrace the model, saying it remained his wish "before I die" to see the country adopt a parliamentary system of government.