Governors, MCAs call for review of degree requirement
County Assemblies Forum chairman Ndegwa Wahome (centre), flanked by ward representatives, addresses reporters at Enashipai Resort, Naivasha, during a Bridging Bridges Initiative meeting with governors yesterday.
Some county bosses said hundreds of potential National and County assembly members would be locked out if the law is implemented.
However, Kisumu Governor Peter Anyang Nyong’o and his Siaya counterpart Cornel Rasanga supported the change.
Opposition to a law requiring parliamentary and county assembly seat candidates to be degree holders is growing with threats of court cases.
A group of governors and former Machakos senator Johnson Muthama, who went to court to stop a similar decision in 2011, criticised section 22 of the Elections Act that prescribes minimum academic qualifications for lawmakers.
