Nairobi, Oct. 30 -- Deputy President William Ruto opposed a powerful president and appointing MPs to Cabinet during the 2010 constitutional review talks.
Mr Ruto, at the time the Agriculture minister in President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Grand Coalition Government, stressed the need for clear separation of powers as he resisted provisions to allow the president to appoint his cabinet from among Members of Parliament.
This is according to a review of official records of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitution Review proceedings at the Great Rift Valley Lodge in Naivasha on January 21, 2010.
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