Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o has called on the country to learn from South Africa's elections and adopt a parliamentary system.
Nyong'o said South Africa has just concluded a landmark general elections and people in Kenya should learn a few important lessons from the outcome of the polls.
He said one key lesson is the performance of the giant African National Congress.
The ruling party failed to get a clear majority in Parliament and had to form a Government of National Unity based on sound democratic principles.
"This should show Kenyans very clearly why a parliamentary system of government is superior to a presidential system," Nyong'o said.
"And this is what I have written about, campaigned for and advocated for Kenya, specifically in my book: 'Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy in Kenya? Choices to Be Made'."
In South Africa, Nyong'o said Parliament elects the President.
The President is produced by a consensus arrived at by political parties elected with the mandate to do so by their members.
"The President is not just an individual who amasses a lot of money to buy MPs, election officials and a national choir of sycophants," he said.
"To cheer him as he declares himself the Lord of the Flies after a rigged so-called national presidential election."
The governor said this practice should stop in Kenya.
"Let us organise ourselves in strong political parties championing national, democratic and developmental principles," he said.
"On which we shall elect principled MPs to represent us in Parliament and produce legitimate national leaders, including the President or Prime Minister, as is the case in Great Britain, Malaysia and India."
