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Issue

Is Kenya Sliding Toward Dictatorship?

Like Daniel arap Moi in 1982, Uhuru Kenyatta has embarked on a course of action that threatens hard-won democratic gains.

Solution

Idol worship is the greatest enemy of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Jose Rizal, revered as the 'Father of the Philippines', once counseled: 'Today's slaves often become tomorrow's tyrants; believe in the rule of law, not in the rule of man.' Kenya's is dysfunctional, and constitutional reform is urgently needed to install a modified semi-presidential system with democratic safeguards including term limits, election of government branch heads and mechanisms like separation of powers and checks and balances. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for more.

（Journalist：Sam Schneider / 2018-02-27 16:00）

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