Nandi County Senator Samson Cherargei is still advocating for an extension of the presidential term limit to seven years.

Speaking during an interview, Cheragei claims the country is continuously subjected to intense political periods with elected Head of States not given enough time to deliver their manifesto to Kenyans.

Further, Cherargei notes seven is a sacred number and thus his idea should be put into consideration.

“The issue of term limits, seven is a holy number for us who are Christians. We have subjected this country to continuous campaign period, we rarely give someone in office time to work,” he claims.

Cherargei also noted that Kenyans are being unfair to President William Ruto.

According to him, a section are judging President Ruto using the late Mwai Kibaki’s scorecard.

Cherargei notes that should not be the case since President William Ruto has barely served for three years unlike Kibaki who delivered the goodies in ten years.

“We’re measuring William Ruto with the 10 years of Kibaki; you hear people saying Kibaki built Thika Road without saying Kibaki’s legacy was 10 years,” he further pointed out.

This is not the first time Cherargei is recommending an extension in term limit.

In September 2024, Cherargei claimed that two years are normally wasted dealing with presidential petitions and another campaigning for the next election. Thus, if seven is issued as the term limit, the President will have an ample five years to serve citizens.

“Normally in Kenya one year after assuming office you go through the Supreme Court litigations then issues of settling down like Cabinet appointments and realigning your government.T he fifth year the country goes back to campaign mode. Even statistics have shown the economy does badly on that year. So you only have three years to work for the people.”

“I think if you give 7 years as the term limit for the President, you minus the two you will get the 5 years which all Kenyans are arguing about.”Cherargei stated.

In October 2024, the ruling party United Democratic Alliance (UDA) however distanced itself from his proposal noting that it honours the long struggle of the people of Kenya for constitutional change.