President Uhuru Kenyatta has reignited the divisive debate over the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), accusing the judiciary of invalidating the process that aimed to modify the 2010 Constitution.
President Kenyatta said the courts went against the people’s will, denying the country the opportunity to achieve much-needed political stability.
“But a few persons sat in the back room and decided otherwise,”.
The first setback, according to Kenyatta, was a lack of equity in resource distribution.
According to him, the 2010 Constitution’s First Amendment would have increased minimum county allocations from 15 per cent to 35 per cent.
The second loss of the First Amendment, according to the Head of State, is proportional representation.
Kenyatta claimed the third loss was due to his desire to extend the National Executive to include a greater representation of Kenyans.
He cited political stability as Kenya’s biggest struggle.
“The need for political stabilisation is the most urgent task facing Kenya today, and it is the foundation upon, which our greater justice, fairness, health, wealth, and security will be built on… What didn’t happen, Will happen.”
The government and proponents of BBI were unsuccessful in their appeal to the Court of Appeal.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposal to modify the constitution through the BBI process was overturned by the Appellate Court, and the Attorney-General has subsequently filed to the Supreme Court to contest eight of the Appellate Court’s rulings.
The Supreme Court hearing on the BBI appeal case is scheduled to commence in January 2022.
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