Building bridges initiative was a journey
meant to accomplish Kenya’s dream since
it’s independence so they said ,well they still say so
The “proposals” born out of truce between Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta following their dramatic past relationship on political sphere, still faces a bleakish future.
The bridges that were meant to solidify
the whole country (as imagined) took an about turn
to create divisions right from the very top to the grassroots.
From the myriad of illegalities surrounding it at least
at every level of the document.
Right from the taskforce, verification, popular initiative process et cetera.
The mischievous sneaking of proposed constitutional reforms which bred more frontiers of extra constituencies demands to the recent county assemblies approval saga.
The BBI bill is now before parliament
There are a few things that should be constitutionally clear about how parliament should process the bill.
First, and unlike most county assemblies which voted for the bill using a single motion to approve it, parliament must subject the bill to the rigors of the mandatory three readings that bills undergo in parliament before they become the law.
Like always, politics will take the Centre stage and Mps are backing it on the aspect of loyalty and the never ending plain lie of urging their respective constituents to rally behind it. Well, the passing of the BBI will represent the moment that will test whether Kenyans recognize that the supremacy of the constitution, rule of the law and the sovereignty of the people as enshrined in the 2010 constitution are not mere words.
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