BBI controversy: What changed between the report and the bills in parliament

Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka  (2nd right) receives BBI documents from Isiolo County Assembly Speaker Hussein Halake Roba (centre) at his office in Parliament Buildings. [Standard]

As confusion and controversy engulf the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment), 2020, The Standard takes a look at the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Report and what found its way into the document that was sent to the Senate and National Assembly.

The controversy arises out of the observations by legislators that the documents sent to both houses by regional parliaments exhibit differences implying the houses could pass the wrong bill.

A section of MPs coalescing around Deputy President William Ruto and ODM party leader Raila Odinga today claimed that some articles including that propose the creation of 70 new constituencies are unconstitutional.

   Bill on Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Report-October 21, 2020 proposed the following:

• BBI report proposed an expanded national executive to include a Prime Minister and two deputies, who will be Cabinet ministers, besides the President and Deputy President.
• The...