Presidential Aspirant and UGM Party Leader David Maraga has accused President William Ruto of planning to extend his first term past 2027.

In a statement, Maraga said the sanctity of the Constitution is once again under threat by the Ruto regime and its faithful handlers.

He stated that the goal of the calls to amend the Constitution is to extend Ruto’s time in office.

“Kenyans, be warned. The prime object of the regime’s current drive to amend the Constitution is to extend Ruto’s presidential term. The other proposals are camouflages,” he said.

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Maraga stated that the recent remarks by high-ranking government officials, including Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi, suggesting a need to alter or amend our Constitution, are both political theatre and shameless disregard for a Constitution that holds the unfulfilled hopes of the people.

He argued that Kenya does not have a constitutional crisis but is facing a crisis of implementation and a deficit of integrity.

“Mudavadi claims we are in a “Constitutional Moment.” Politicians often manufacture so-called constitutional moments when they wish to expand their powers or create seats for their friends. This is a fallacy,” Maraga added.

Maraga explained that the true constitutional moment is not the day Kenyans change the law, but the day they finally decide to obey it.

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He said that, from the failure to implement the two-thirds gender rule to the lack of full funding for the Judiciary and the disregard for the Bill of Rights, the current administration has shown a blatant tendency to flout the law rather than uphold it.

Maraga emphasized that Kenyans do not want new articles or clauses; they want the 2010 Constitution to work for them as it was envisioned.

He said that a person holding an unconstitutional office has no moral or legal authority to dictate how we should amend our supreme law.

“It is deeply ironic and legally problematic when individuals occupying offices not recognized by our Constitution presume to lecture Kenyans on constitutional ‘fixes’ he said.

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Maraga on Creating More Offices

He highlighted that while politicians are plotting to create more offices and expand the executive, many Kenyans are struggling to afford basic food, quality healthcare, and school fees for their children.

Asking citizens to fund an expanded government through constitutional changes, he noted, would be both tone-deaf and an affront to their dignity.

He stressed that Kenya does not need a new Constitution but leaders who respect and uphold the one already in place.

“We do not need a new Constitution. We need leaders who respect the one we already have,” he said.

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United Green Movement Party Leader, David Maraga during a past event. PHOTO/ Maraga X