NCCK has proposed an expansion of the executive to allow the president appoint a Prime Minister, two deputies and official leader of the opposition for inclusivity in government.
Canon Peter Karanja said on Tuesday that the premier and the two deputies will sit in the Cabinet and answer questions in Parliament.
Karanja said this should be an expanded executive of the winning party and not a coalition.
The three, according to the clergy, should be sourced from the party which got the second highest votes in an election.
“We call for the restoration of the position of official opposition leader and his deputy in Parliament as it was in the old constitution,” he said.
Karanja said the creation of the official opposition will dignify the opposition in its bid to hold the government of the day to account.
He said this will further provide room for more people to be involved in the running of government affairs.
Regarding the just concluded repeat presidential election, Karanja said the aggrieved party should consider moving to the Supreme Court.
He said the church recognises the results have been contested and the legitimacy of the process questioned.
“The election has left the country grossly divided on ethnic and political lines. The situation is now straining our national unity and has exposed the country to inter-ethnic conflicts further dragging us to anarchy.”
