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Activist Okiya Omtatah has given Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) seven days ultimatum to remove founding President Jomo Kenyatta's portrait from Kenya notes and coins.
The constitution stipulates that portraits or images of individuals are not to be used on currency and notes and coins should only bear images that depict or symbolise an aspect of Kenya.
"The constitution decrees that notes and coins issued by CBK may bear images that depict or symbolise Kenya or any aspect of Kenya but shall not bear the portrait of any individual,"Omtatah said.
In a letter dated September 14, the activist told CBK governor Patrick Njoroge that he has seven days to comply with the law, failure to which he will move to the court.
"The CBK should publicly declare that it will, with immediate effect, begin withdrawing all unconstitutional currency notes and coins from circulation," he said.
The activist said the notes and coins bearing image of first President should immediately be replaced with those that do not bear the image of any individual.
"Failure on your part to respect, uphold and defend the constitution as required will necessitate our recourse at the bank's sole risk as to cost and other consequences, to the constitutional and human rights division, for orders to compel your compliance."
In 2016, CBK boss Njoroge said printing notes without Kenyatta's image would cost the taxpayer Sh18 billion.
Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Njoroge said they expected to roll out the new currencies this month.
He said the CBK failed to meet the August 2015 constitutional deadline for rollout following the cancellation of the tender.
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Kenyatta is a kenyan, and African hero. Symbol of African freedom not a potrait. Respected all over Africa, Caribbean, Asia and even the Americas. Stop thinking in some shallow tribal myopic inside the box kenyan way
Who can respect a murderer/thief?Like Elizabeth,Assad,Raila,expired Amin etc,expired Kenyatta was a murderer and it was a big mistake to put his portrait in our currency just as it was/still is to bury him in our parliament grounds.Why worship a devil?Poor,hungry Kenyans need time to remove the portrait.It will be expensive.Hii ni upuusi mwingine wa kabiba mpya.I just wonder why the COE,kina Nzamba copied the constitution without considerng its cost.
@Omera/ Njuguna:
Please Njuguna, let's not wash our dirty linen in public. Mwakilishi is read all over the world. You are obsessed with circumcision and you and Kuria seriously and desperately need mental counseling.
Why are the Gikuyu people obsessed with this ritual. Many micro-nations in Kenya do it but don't proselytize the way my Gikuyu brothers do. This obsession will be the downfall of your micro-nation.
The whole world and the Kenyan people should know that the Gikuyu people have already taken an oath that they can't be governed by a " Kihii" an uncircumcised person. Since majority of the Luo people don't do it, that's the reason that Raila has been denied Kenyan presidency a couple of times.
We regards you as half circumcised because you leave the " nthui " (half skin hanging) but since we are not obsessed with circumcision as you are, we don't make an issue about it. Please grow up!
@Imara/kihii should know that muuaji Kenyatta would not have been elected president if he had history of killing any person.He killed after he became president.As we urge now,muuaji Raila(1300 killer in 07/08 PEV) devilish brains and his advisers including boy Imara mislead him to believe that mass murders will earn him votes.Bot contrary to that,muuaji RAO looses 10000 votes for every Kenyan he kills,be it through Al Shabaab or BOYS IN BLACK led by Iphone4G,Imara and GUEST 1.
Angalia muuaji Raila akitumia makamasi dakika hii.Right now muuaji Raila is burning two hotels in Mombasa to earn votes.He will start barking insecurity at the coast.
This constitution will fuck us left right and centre.It's high time someone go through it and get rid of some stupid clauses that affect the lives of Kenyans.Law is created to help not to oppress.Mkia matata now must be camping outside the courts cramming the tattered piece of constitution.We need to revisit so many issues next month on this oppressive piece of literature.Let mkia matata present his photo chained outside vigilante house some years back.
@Wakenya:
History tells us, " Today's oppressed tomorrow's oppressors." The British oppressed all the Kenyan people. Today the Gikuyu and Kalenjin are oppressing the entire people of Kenya. The British oppressors were arrogant and efficient. Our current Gikuyu and Kalenjin oppressors are very arrogant and extremely inefficient.
Oppression is Oppression. It has no gender, color, ethnic origins, national origins, religion, or any other variable.
@ Omera, you need immediate psychological counseling immediately.
Wewe umetahiri nusu. Therefore you are " nusu kihii." Mimi sina " nthui." Eka ngutavye. Eekuyu yila maikawa maitaa nthui iisuunzula. Nye kondee mundu ume. Yila naaendie nzaikoni maatilile ikole yoonthe. We wi kivisi/ kihii nusu vamwe na Kuria.
Ekai maundu ma nzaiko. Ni useo tuthukume vamwe ithyi onthe ta syana sya ithe umwe na inya umwe.
I officially cannot comment here anymore, it has become a ghetto gutter forum with crude language . I will get my news elsewhere since Admin here cannot censor crude comments
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Good bye and good luck.
Can Omtatah give CBK a photograph of his smegma to replace muuaji/jambazi Kinyatta's photo in our currency?His smegma photo will confirm that Kenyans also recognize boys and ther only true property in the world.