By Agwanda Powerman

THE National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) is not wooing the government to include it in the implementation of the new constitution as the church need to be involved and its not a favour says Reverend Canon Peter Karanja the Secretary General of the Church’s body.

Speaking in Kisumu after meeting members of NNCK Nyanza Region Committee.Karanja added that all Kenyans must be engaged in the implementation process as this will ensure that the new constitution gets the essential support and ownership it needs.

“We further call for an end to the emerging trend of playing political games with the new constitution ,the interpretation and structuring of the implementation should be left to the constitutional organs of implementation,key among them being the Commission for the implementation of the Constitution as through this body the government is to transmit its proposals for implementation of the new constitution as well as draft bills that go to parliament for consideration if Kenyans are to trust its intentions”Karanja added.

He also at the same time urged the government to ensure that a representative Commission is put in place urgently so that the process of implementation can begin and called upon committed and mature Christians to bodily offer themselves for position of leadership and governance when the chances emerge .

He also called on President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to fulfill their promises of pre-referendum that after the referendum contentious issues will be addressed.

“These two principals should now give leadership to the integration of amendment of contentious issues as part and parcel of the process of implementation and this move will ensure that Kenyans have an opportunity to address the issues identified earlier as well as any other that are found to be contradictory and unworkable”he added.

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