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Rush to Referendum: BBI Bill Surpasses the Constitutional Threshold in Counties

It was indeed a ‘Super Tuesday’, as had earlier been predicted by ODM leader Raila Odinga. The move to amend Kenya’s constitution through a referendum saw a green light on Tuesday, when majority of County Assemblies approved the BBI bill.
In Murang’a County, MCAs approved the bill to the chagrin of Senator Irungu Kang’ata. Murang’a MCAs unanimously voted in favor of BBI.
Kang’ata had earlier written a letter to the president informing him that BBI was unpopular in Murang’a County. Kenyans on Twitter teased the former majority whip for conducting a shallow research. 
BBI received a backlash from a section of activists who alleged that MCAs were bribed with ‘a car-grant promise’ for them to pass the BBI-driven constitutional amendment bill. So far, only one county has opposed the BBI bill and that is Baringo County.
Most counties within the backyard of deputy president William Ruto are yet to pass the bill, in what one political pundit alluded as ‘a clear instruction to wait and see how #BBI Supertuesday turns out then they vote YES or NO.”
The much hyped building bridges initiative (BBI) came into inception after president Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga agreed to put aside their political differences and work together. 



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