The creation of the Judiciary Omudsman will not interfere with the independence of the third arm of government, two Mombasa MPs said Monday as they led residents in collecting BBI signatures.
Likoni MP Mishi Moko and the county’s Woman Representative Asha Hussein said the Judiciary Omudsman’s office will ensure the poor get justice in the wake of expensive court processes.
“In Kenya, the rich who have cases against the poor tend to prolong the court process so that the poor give up because of the money involved.
“The Judiciary Ombudsman will ensure this tactic does not work against the poor. They will intervene and ensure the poor in such cases go full throttle,” Mboko said.
She spoke during the close of a three-day seminar by Twae Kwondo athletes at Likoni Social Hall before heading to the Likoni NG-CDF office where she preached the BBI gospel.
At a meeting with boda boda riders drawn from the county at Akamba Handicraft, Hussein said the constitutional amendments are meant to benefit all Kenyans, especially those at the grassroots who are affected by electoral violence.
“The amendments are not for Baba [Raila Odinga],” the woman rep said.
Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir said BBI will end the vicious cycle of electioneering violence and poverty.
“We owe it to the fallen soldiers, who have sacrificed their lives for democracy, to support this initiative,” Nassir said through his personal assistant Mohamed Amadow.
Amadow said the report is beneficial to the youth, who are in most cases used to cause violence.
In Likoni, Mboko said the BBI report proposes the creation of a Youth Commission that will address the plight of young people.
Youth in Kenya have always complained of unemployment and lack of employment opportunities.
The Youth Commission, she said, will seek to strengthen sports, which mostly involve youth, and enable them to earn professionally from their skills and talents.
Mboko said it is high time that the government recognises taekwondo as a sport in the country just as it recognises football.
She said once Parliament resumes sessions, she will push to have taekwondo recognised as a national sport.
“Tae Kwondo teaches self-defence skills which will help reduce issues of rape and attacks,” Mboko said.