BBI and lessons from the German post-war revolution

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga reacts during the launch of the collection of signatures for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) at KICC in Nairobi on November 25, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is an idea whose time has come. The road to prosperous Kenya is possible only if citizens embrace social cohesion, peace, and equity above division based on tribalism and political disunity.

However, that cannot be achieved if even a small fraction of the population feels disenfranchised and excluded from the perceived benefits of the end product of the process towards building the bridges. BBI proposals as they are now will disadvantage the most marginalised people of Kenya by denying them a fair share of the equitable revenue.