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Home » Featured » KENYA – On Aug. 9, President Uhuru will lose powers of incumbency even while in office as president

KENYA – On Aug. 9, President Uhuru will lose powers of incumbency even while in office as president

August 5, 2022
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As Kenyans line up on August 9 to elect the next Head of State, President Uhuru Kenyatta will automatically lose powers to carry out some functions assigned to his office even before he hands over.

The president, on that day, will enter the “temporary incumbency” phase, meaning he will be holding the seat as a caretaker leader preparing to hand over to the next Head of State.

The Constitution deprives him of certain powers during this phase.

According to the Constitution of Kenya 2010, this happens during a period referred to as temporary incumbency in line with Article 134 and can take two forms.

Chapter Nine (9), Part Two (2), Article 134 of the Constitution on Exercise of Presidential Powers During Temporary Incumbency says the outgoing Head of State loses the powers to nominate or appoint judges of the superior courts.

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“A person can hold temporary incumbency during the period commencing on the date of the first vote in a presidential election, and ending when the newly elected President assumes office; or

“While the President is absent or incapacitated or at other times contemplated in Article 147,” read the article in part.

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Under this article, the president loses the powers to nominate or appoint any public officer; nominate, appoint or sack a Cabinet Secretary (CS), Principal Secretary (PS) and other State officers.

Uhuru will, therefore, not be able to nominate or appoint Judges.

Additionally, the outgoing president cannot nominate or appoint a person to public office as enshrined in the Constitution.

For example, Uhuru will not be able to appoint persons to independent commissions such as the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), and Teachers Service Commission (TSC) among others.

On the other hand, the sitting Head of State will not have powers to nominate, appoint or dismiss a Cabinet Secretary or other state officers.

Other officials who cannot be appointed or dismissed include ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives.

Lastly, Uhuru will not be able to confer honours such as the Order of Grand Warrior(OGW) and  Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear (EBS) or exercise powers of mercy.

The president, according to Article 133, can exercise the power of mercy at his discretion as long as the committee tasked with making recommendations does so. This can, however, not happen during the temporary incumbency period.

“On the petition of any person, the President may exercise a power of mercy in accordance with the advice of the Advisory Committee established under clause by granting a free or conditional pardon to a person convicted of an offence; postponing the carrying out of a punishment, either for a specified or indefinite period.

“Substituting a less severe form of punishment, or remitting all or part of a punishment,” reads Article 133 in part.

The “temporary incumbency” period starts on the day Kenyans take to the polls and it ends when the newly elected president assumes office.

Thirty (30) days before a general election, the president should establish an assumption of office of president committee, which will steer the transition process.

The committee should be gazetted, the law says.

In the upcoming polls, which will be held on August 9, 2022, the IEBC, by law, should declare all election results by August 15, seven days after Kenyans take to the ballot.

If no presidential election petition is filed at the Supreme Court, then President Kenyatta’s successor will be sworn in on August 30, which is the first Tuesday; 14 days after the election results are formally announced.

Article 140 of the Constitution allows an aggrieved presidential candidate to challenge the election results in court.

“A person may file a petition in the Supreme Court to challenge the election of the President-elect within seven days after the date of the declaration of the results of the presidential election. Within fourteen days after the filing of a petition, the Supreme Court shall hear and determine the petition and its decision shall be final. If the Supreme Court determines the election of the President-elect to be invalid, a fresh election shall be held within sixty days after the determination,” says Article 140.

Should the upcoming presidential polls be nullified by the court after a successful petition, the latest date that the IEBC can hold the fresh presidential polls will be November 4, 2022.

If the repeat polls are held on November 4, then the electoral board must declare the results by November 10 (seven days after the polls were held). If no arising petition is filed, then the president-elect will be sworn in on November 29, which is the first Tuesday; 14 days after the results are announced.

If this year’s presidential race goes all the way to November 29, then it means President Kenyatta would have been under temporary incumbency for approximately three months-and-three weeks.

The law (Article 141 of the Constitution) says a president must be sworn into office by either the Chief Justice (CJ), or his or her deputy when the CJ is unable to preside over the ceremony due to unavoidable circumstances.

The swearing-in ceremony must be held between 10am and 2pm.

 

 

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