This archive report was first published on 10 August 2019.
Published on August 10, 2019, a radical proposal by the Embrace Youth Movement (EYM) has sparked debate among Kenyans. The lobby wants corrupt leaders and politicians found guilty of corruption to be executed in a public square to end the vice.
Speaking after presenting their views to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) on Friday, EYM official George Kamano emphasized the need for a change in the country's approach to dealing with corruption. “Kenyans are still complaining of corruption even after coming up with very many institutions to deal with the vice, it high time we changed our ways of dealing with graft in this country,” he said.
The lobby is also proposing a three-tier government system, where there is a president in charge of the national government, a Prime Minister in charge of regions, and governors in charge of counties. They also want a third of the Cabinet to be reserved for youth and all government appointments, including State parastatals, to have a 50 per cent youth inclusivity.
Furthermore, the lobby proposes that parties conduct elections annually with memberships spread across more than 25 counties. For parties that fail to win any seat in an election, EYM wants them to be dissolved within three years after the said poll.
