The Executive

We need a powerful presidential office but with checks and balances to stop the holder of the office turning into a tyrant or prevent any individual or group from taking absolute power.

Accordingly the President of the Republic of Kenya should be:

• The Head of State and Head of Government
• The highest political official in the republic and by influence and recognition
• The President should lead the executive branch of the government
• His role is to execute the law as created by the Parliament, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya.
• The President should be the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and enumerates powers specifically granted to the President, including the power to sign into law or veto bills passed by both houses of the Parliament.
• The President should have the power to create a cabinet of advisers and to grant pardons or reprieves.
• With the “advice and consent” of the Senate, the President should be empowered to make treaties and appoint Government officers, ambassadors and  judges, including Justices of the Supreme Court.
• The President should have a maximum of two terms each of four years period.
• The President should be directly elected by the electorate
• In the event of a deadlock in the presidential election, the House of Representatives would vote to decide the victor. If there is a deadlock in the House of Representative, both chambers, the Senate and the House of Representative would have to vote to decide the winner of the election.

I shall leave the rest for others to add their opinions and logic.

**** Rather than reinventing the wheel I have used wikipedia as my point of reference and honey pot.