Azimio La Umoja's new drive to collect ten million signatures from Kenyans may not be aimed at impeaching President William Ruto, a member of the opposition faction's top brass has suggested.
Raila Odinga launched the maneuver on July 7, stating that his side was targeting about 10 million Kenyans to back the petition to remove Ruto from office.
He accused Ruto of supposedly mismanaging the country and staying back as the high cost of living takes a toll on Kenyans.
However, Fredrick Okango says that signatures may not be necessarily marshalled to remove the president from office.
He said the main aim is to have Kenyans have back the powers they have delegated to Ruto; he suggests if that happens Ruto's office would be rendered inessential.
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"We are not seeking for impeachment but for delegitimization and withdrawal of the sovereigns' delegated powers," said Okango.
Okango is the secretary of political affairs in the KANU party; the independence party is a constituent of Azimio La Umoja.
He drew an instance from members of parliament whom he said are in office at the mercy of the electorate.
"In any case, if the MPs are exercising delegated powers from the people to remove from office, then the people can actually take back those powers and remove by themselves. Rem the office of President shall also become vacant under any other provisions of CoK,2010 (eg Article 1) other than Article 144, 145 or 146," stated Okango.
