The Senate’s email system crashed on Friday after Kenyans came out in their droves to provide their submissions regarding the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill 2024.
This comes after the Senate invited public participation towards the Bill as per the 2010 Constitution.
As Per the law, people can air out their views regarding Bills sponsored in the National Assembly and Senate through electronic means.
In a statement posted on the X handle, the Senate announced that due to the high number of submissions, their system experienced temporary issues.
“Thank you for the overwhelming response on The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (No 2) Bill ,2024. Due to high volumes of submissions, our email system has temporarily experienced issues.”
The Senate further noted that the process reached maximum capacity and exceeded the limit that the system could handle.
“The Senate received over 200,000 submissions, reaching the maximum capacity of the allocated email addresses.”
The Senate also provided an alternative email address to Kenyans as the process is still ongoing. The deadline for providing submissions has been extended to Saturday, October 26 at 5pm.
“Alternatively, you may send your submissions to senatejlahrc@parliament.go.ke”
After the public participation, the Bill will head back to the Senate where it will be debated with the collected views of the public among the key topics of discussion.
The Bill seeks to amend the Presidential term to seven years from the current five. This amendment also proposes to extend the terms of other elected leaders; Governors, Members of Parliament (MPs), Senators and Members of County Assembly (MCAs).
