THE REASON WHY PRESIDENT UHURU EMBRACED CORD COALITION CALL

In every constitutional democracy, the supremacy of the people is greater than any government or institution. The people retain the power to address their government or other institutions directly, regardless of the fact that they have elected a National Assembly. This they can do by petition, picketing or demonstrating. In extreme cases, they can result to civil disobedience. So fundamental is this supremacy that in the United States of America, the constitution provides that it is a constitutional right for the people to own and bear arms, for the constitutionally sanctioned reason that in the event of a dictatorship, they can lawfully resort to their supremacy and form a militia against the tyrannical government. The Kenyan Constitution 2010 for the first time asserted the supremacy of the people over government, institutions and even the Constitution itself. So what happened at Uhuru Park yesterday is in line with our constitution, The opposition, exercising the constitutionally right of the people to demonstrate against the government, brought together like minded Kenyans to send a message directly to the government about their dissatisfaction with it. The government in power respected their right to do so and the police licensed the rally and provided security for it. Similar meeting are planned all over the country. If they are all well attended, then the message will be clear to the government that the people are not happy, and that regardless of how many legislators it controls, the people remain supreme and could result to civil disobedience against it. And no right thinking government would want to challenge the supremacy of the people over it by quoting parliamentary majorities and constitutional provisions.That the reason president uhuru embraced national dialogue which was called for by cord yesterday.