Following the filing of written comments, Kenyans were given the chance to voice their opinions over an idea to extend the term of office of the President and other elected officials at a public hearing to which they were invited to attend.
It was the last day for Kenyans to voice their opinions, and the Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Rights planned to hold public hearings at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) on Friday.
Participating in the exercise were hundreds of Kenyans, the vast majority of whom voiced their objections to the planning.
This occurred despite the fact that the email system used by the Senate to make submissions of opinions had collapsed after receiving more than 240,000 messages.
In response to the proposal to increase the term of office for the President and other elected officials from five to seven years, there has been widespread criticism, with the majority of people describing the idea as being irrational.
On Thursday, the committee for Justice, Legal Affairs, and Human Rights said that it had received more than 120,000 written comments on the bill that Senator Samson Cherargei of Nandi had sponsored by the time the evening rolled around.
And almost all of them were talking about reducing the term to four years rather than extending the terms.
Since President William Ruto assumed office in 2022, this is the second initiative that looks to change the limit on the number of terms that a president may serve.
It was Fafi MP Farah Yakub who was the driving force behind the first effort, which was to do away with the term restriction.
Instead of removing the term restriction, he suggested replacing it with an age limit of seventy-five years old. There was no acceptance of the plan in any form.