Let us fix this constitution

The constitutional edifice built by the colonial government was meant to sustain a democracy in its infancy. As a country we have grown out of it. The ultimate responsibility was and still is, upon us, to develop it to answer our realities.

The drafters of our constitution left the door sufficiently open for legal executive indiscretion. A reckless concentration of power on the executive weakened oversight institutions and reduced them to tools of the very people whose excesses they were created to censor. The agent now is the principal.

An overly powerful executive was able, within legal bounds, to lay to partial waste, the once seemingly stable constitutional edifice. By simple stroke of the pen, an executive was lawfully expanded to outnumber the backbench making the executive arm of government the de-facto and de-jure law and policy maker, rendering same almost irrelevant to the legislative function. The ruling party backbench trembled its way through voting procedures to legitimise legislative obscenities through long tense nights. The captured University south of the national stadium, caught the sycophancy, donating doctoral degrees and singing praises to invisible merit.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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