Haha mkuu unachanganya mambo hapa, kuna tofauti kati ya tenure of office na removal from office.
Katiba ipo silent kwa tenure of office.
Kiranga yupo sahihi! lakini wewe haupo sahihi sana kwamba "katiba ipo silent kwa tenure"!
Katiba yetu ina Ibara Kadhaa ambazo zinatungiwa Sheria na Bunge! Kwa mfano, kwa hili la CAG, utaona katiba imetoa tenure to the office ni miaka 60 lakini ikatoa mandate kwa Bunge kufanya vinginevyo:- 144(1)
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Article, the Controller and Auditor-General of the United Republic shall be obliged to vacate office upon attaining the age of sixty or any other age which shall be prescribed by a law enacted by Parliament.
Kwa kutumia mamlaka hayo, ndipo Bunge kupitia Public Audit Act 2008 Ibara ya 6(2)(a) ikasema:-
Unless the question of removal becomes the subject of investigation in terms of Article 144(3) of the Constitution, the Controller and Auditor-General shall vacate office upon attaining the age of sixty five years;
Kwamba, CAG ataachia ofisi atakapofikisha umri wa miaka 65 unless kama atatakiwa KUONDOLEWA kwa mujibu wa Katiba Ibara ya 144 (3).
Imetumika reference ya 144(3) kwa sababu Ibara ya 144(2) inasema:-
The Controller and Auditor-General may be removed from office only for inability to perform the functions of his office (either due to illness or to any other reason) or for misbehaviour, or for violating the provisions of the law concerning the ethics of public leaders and shall not be so removed except in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (4) of this Article.
Kwanza, hapo ndipo mtakapoona msingi wa matumizi ya neno SHALL na MAY.
Hapo katiba inatoa UWEZEKANO wa CAG kuondolewa ikiwa limetokea moja au combination ya hayo yaliyotajwa!!
The question is: Kwavile Rais anaona CAG ni mgonjwa au ame-violate sheria fulani, je anaweza kumfuta kazi hapo hapo?!
Jibu ni HAPANA, kwa sababu "...
shall not be so removed except in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (4) of this Article" inayosema:-
If the Special Tribunal appointed in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (3) advises the President that the Controller and Auditor-General be removed from office on grounds of inability to perform functions of his office due to illness or any other reason or on grounds of misbehaviour, then the President shall remove him from office.
Kumbe pamoja na Rais kuona CAG anastahili kuondolewa ama kwa kutokana na ugonjwa, au kuna miiko ameivunja, bado hawezi kumuondoa hadi Tume aliyoiunda inamshauri kufanya hivyo, na hapo Rais atamuondoa CAG?
Sasa hiyo Special Tribunal ni ipi? Jibu ni hiyo iliyotajwa kama subarticle 3 inayosema:- if the President considers that the question of the removal of the Controller and Auditor-General from office under the provisions of this Article needs to be investigated, then the procedure shall be as follows:
(a)
the President shall appoint a Special Tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and not less than two other members. The Chairman and at least half of the other members of that Special Tribunal shall be persons who are or have been Judges of the High Court or of the Court of Appeal in any country within the Commonwealth.
That being said, Rais HAWEZI kumuondoa CAG bila kuunda hiyo tume! Hata hivyo, kama nilivyopata kusema hapo awali kwamba Rais anaweza KUMLAZIMISHA CAG kujiuzuru!
Lakini kwavile KULAZIMIHA haipo kwa mujibu wa katiba au sheria, CAG anaweza kugoma kuachia ngazi, na hapo Rais kama anaona uamuzi wake ulikuwa sahihi, anaweza kurudi kwenye katiba kuangalia anamuondoa ondoa vipi... JIBU NDO HILO HAPO JUU ambalo hamlipendi!!