Amendment by parliamentary initiative

English

(1)A Bill to amend this Constitution—

(a)may be introduced in either House of Parliament;

(b)may not address any other matter apart from consequential amendments to legislation arising from the Bill;

(c)shall not be called for second reading in either House within ninety days after the first reading of the Bill in that House; and

(d)shall have been passed by Parliament when each House of Parliament has passed the Bill, in both its second and third readings, by not less than two-thirds of all the members of that House.

(2)Parliament shall publicise any Bill to amend this Constitution, and facilitate public discussion about the Bill.

(3)After Parliament passes a Bill to amend this Constitution, the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament shall jointly submit to the President—

(a)the Bill, for assent and publication; and

(b)a certificate that the Bill has been passed by Parliament in accordance with this Article.

(4)Subject to clause (5), the President shall assent to the Bill and cause it to be published within thirty days after the Bill is enacted by Parliament.

(5)If a Bill to amend this Constitution proposes an amendment relating to a matter specified in Article 255 (1)—

(a)the President shall, before assenting to the Bill, request the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to conduct, within ninety days, a national referendum for approval of the Bill; and

(b)within thirty days after the chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has certified to the President that the Bill has been approved in accordance with Article 255 (2), the President shall assent to the Bill and cause it to be published.

Kiswahili

Marekebisho kwa njia ya mapendekezo ya bunge

(1)Mswada wa kurekebisha Katiba hii—

(a)unaweza kuwasilishwa katika Kitengo chochote cha Bunge;

(b)haupaswi kuangazia suala lolote lingine isipokuwa yale yanayotokana na marekebisho ya sheria katika Mswada huo;

(c)hautawasilishwa ili kusomwa kwa mara ya pili katika Kitengo chochote cha Bunge, katika muda wa siku tisini baada ya kusomwa kwa Mswada huo kwa mara ya kwanza katika Kitengo hicho cha Bunge; na

(d)utakuwa umepitishwa na Bunge kila Kitengo cha Bunge kitakapopitisha Mswada huo katika usomaji wa Mswada huo kwa mara ya pili na tatu, kwa idadi isiyopungua thuluthi mbili ya wanachama wote katika Kitengo hicho.

(2)Bunge litatangaza kuhusu Mswada wowote wa kurekebisha Katiba hii, na kuwezesha mjadala wa umma kuhusiana na Mswada huo.

(3)Baada ya Bunge kupitisha Mswada wa kurekebisha Katiba hii, Maspika wa Vitengo vyote viwili vya Bunge watawasilishia Rais, kwa pamoja—

(a)Mswada huo, ili kuidhinishwa na kuchapishwa; na

(b)cheti kinachothibitisha kwamba Mswada huo umepitishwa na Bunge kulingana na Kifungu hiki.

(4)Kwa kuzingatia ibara ya (5), Rais ataidhinisha Mswada huo na kuufanya uchapishwe katika muda wa siku thelathini baada ya Mswada huo kupitishwa na Bunge.

(5)Ikiwa Mswada wa kurekebisha Katiba hii unapendekeza marekebisho yanayohusiana na suala lililotajwa katika Kifungu cha 255 (1)—

(a)kabla ya kuuidhinisha Mswada huo, Rais ataiomba Tume Huru ya Uchaguzi na Mipaka kuandaa kura ya maamuzi ya kitaifa katika muda wa siku tisini ili Mswada huo uidhinishwe; na

(b)katika muda wa siku thelathini baada ya mwenyekiti wa Tume ya Uchaguzi na Mipaka kumthibitishia Rais kwamba Mswada huo umepitishwa kulingana na Kifungu cha 255 (2), Rais ataidhinisha Mswada huo na kuufanya uchapishwe.