The BBI collection of 1 million signatures has been stopped. A statement signed by the co-chairs of the BBI Secretariet Junet Mohammed and Dennis Waweru has deferred the collection of the signatures.
The delay has been occasioned by the delay in publication of the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2020, which is expected to be completed later today.
This comes as President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday hosted his deputy William Ruto for a three-hour meeting at State House, Nairobi.
The two discussed the ongoing BBI debate and how Ruto’s concerns can be accommodated before the process moves further.
ODM leader Raila Odinga – who is Uhuru’s handshake partner – had on Tuesday announced the signature collection drive is expected to be finalised latest next week.
“On Thursday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and myself will lead the country into launching the signature collection,” Raila had said.
While Uhuru has been calling for consensus, his handshake partner ODM leader Raila Odinga has been saying that the window for negotiations had gone.
The meeting may have been triggered by religious leaders when the met president Kenyatta on Tuesday the 18th.
