President William Ruto's nod to a proposal by the Azimio Party to amend the Constitution to create an office for the Leader of the Official Opposition could finally sort out a legal void created by the 2010 Constitution which denied the second-best presidential candidate in a General Election a chance to play a role in the country's governance.

Unlike in the old dispensation, the new supreme law, which took effect ahead of the 2013 elections, does not allow presidential candidates and their running mates from simultaneously seeking parliamentary positions.

The move, which was informed by a desire to shield Parliament from the presidency as opposed to the older order when the President controlled even the House's calendar, appears to have come to haunt its proponents who are now in the Opposition.