Siaya County became the first county in Kenya to pass the BBI bill. It passed the bill on Wednesday, just a day after Raila’s meeting with ODM MCAs. Raila had urged the MCAs to pass the bill in time. During the meeting Raila rekindled the MCAs car grant debate, which has been strongly criticized by many Kenyans. The MCAs have about three months to debate the bill.
Political problems deserve political solutions. The ‘golden handshake’ between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga changed the political trajectory with respect to succession battle.
The much hyped BBI came into effect as a potential remedy to the perennial challenges that came as a result divisive general elections. According to #BBI architects, BBI was meant to pacify the country and bring everyone on board.
To the contrary, BBI has made the center of the country’s top leadership to drift apart. The dalliance between the president and his deputy is currently water under the bridge. While meeting Mt. Kenya leaders, Uhuru lashed at the wheel barrow economy, terming it as a colonial relic.
The assumption that many political pundits postulate is that there’s a state-driven initiative to throw Ruto at the periphery, to make him oppose BBI before the final disconnect. UDA, the Party affiliated with Ruto, has gained traction in the recent past signifying his possible exit from Jubilee.
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