Advocates of the High Court from Gikuyu, Embu and Meru communities are pushing for the adoption of the one man, one shilling, one vote formula during the review of the constituency and ward boundaries.
Under the umbrella body, GEMA WATHO Association, the lawyers said the formula will ensure there is equality and cohesion where Kenya becomes one constituency.
"This is in line with the spirit of the Constitution which in all matters regarding human rights uses the words 'every person, every citizen' but never used a term like every mountain, valley, region or a river," said Wambugu Wanjohi, the chair of the association.
In a presentation to the National Dialogue Committee, Wanjohi said Mt Kenya communities have fewer counties compared to Kalenjin and Somali communities.
"The majority of the most densely populated areas are either in Mt Kenya or other regions significantly by people from Mt Kenya region," he stated.
He added that the country has adopted a formula for the division of national revenue that is demonstrably unfair to the Mt Kenya region.
He noted that the Building Bridges Initiative pushed for a new formula based on one man, one vote and one-shilling principle.
He explained that fewer counties and fewer constituencies easily translate into less allocation of national government funds. One man, one vote", or "one person, one vote", expresses the principle of equal representation in voting.
The slogan is used by advocates of democracy and political equality, especially with regard to electoral reforms like universal suffrage and proportional representation.
Politicians from the Mt Kenya region have been rooting for the distribution of revenue through the 'one man-one vote-one shilling allocation'.
They have been insisting that the allocation of resources should be based on population.
Kiambu, Murang’a, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua, Laikipia, Meru, Embu and Tharaka Nithi are some of the heavily populated counties, whose leaders have been complaining that they get inadequate resources.
Under the current revenue sharing formula, population covers 45 per cent, basic equal share (25 per cent), poverty (20 per cent), land area (8 per cent) and fiscal responsibility (2 per cent) which Mt Kenya politicians insist leaves the heavily-populated counties with little cash for development.
