RUTO AND RAILA ALLIES START WORKING TOGETHER

Some MPs loyal to Deputy President William Ruto and ODM boss Raila Odinga want power to tinker with the BBI Bill. 

The bill is the product of a popular initiative and some experts say Houses of Parliament should consider it as it is. 

MPs who want to amend the bill on Wednesday maintained that Parliament’s role cannot be ceremonial in the matter. 

They said they will stick with the precedent set in the 2010 Constitution where Parliament had input in the draft before the referendum.

At the time, Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Review chaired by then Mandera Central MP Abdikadir Mohammed led the process. It made changes to the draft which were adopted. 

By The Star