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Kenya is firmly on the road to a referendum on the new constitution after more than 24 County assemblies passed the Constitution amendment bill paving the way for the mini plebiscite, a key agreement of the political truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

THE STANDARD Members of public celebrate after Kiambu County Assembly passed the BBI Bill, yesterday. [George Njunge, Standard] The possibility of Kenya going to a referendum became clear yesterday after the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill reached the 24-county constitutional threshold. In what has now been dubbed ‘Super Tuesday,’ at least 38 counties had by last evening passed the Constitution of Kenya (amendment) Bill, 2020.  Baringo is the only assembly that has so far rejected ...

THE STANDARD By Lucas Barasa | February 24th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Log in or Register to continue reading this article When you register with us, you help us improve our news experience for you and others. Also, ensure your Javascript is activated for this website.

The government had tabled the 26th Constitution Amendment Bill in the National Assembly on Feb 3 without trying to take the opposition on board. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: Following the directive of Speaker Asad Qaiser, the government is set to lay the controversial Senate open vote ordinance before the National Assembly on Monday (today) when the lower house will go into session after a two-day recess. The agenda issued for Monday’s sitting by the National Assembly Secretariat shows that the 26...

The session has been called at a time when a presidential reference on the same subject is still being heard by the Supreme Court and the Senate elections are merely two weeks away. — DawnNewsTV/File ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has convened a session of the upper house of parliament on Saturday morning (Feb 20) on the requisition of the opposition on a one-point agenda to discuss the controversial presidential ordinance promulgated by the government on Feb 6, seeking open Senate...

THE STANDARD By Erick Abuga | February 18th 2021 at 14:25:15 GMT +0300 Kisii County Governor James Ongwae addressing press outside his office after the County Assembly passed the Constitution Amendment Bill, 2020. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Kisii County Assembly is the eighth assembly to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill. Kisii joins Trans Nzoia, Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay, West Pokot, Kajiado and Busia counties which gave the Bill a clean bill of he...

THE STANDARD By John Shilitsa | February 14th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Western leaders during a consultative meeting with Members of county of assembly from the five counties in a push for constitutional reforms. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] MCAs from Western are demanding Sh500,000 each to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2020. They also want Sh2 million car grant given last week by the President released by Monday next week, failure to which they wi...

Amending the system February 12, 2021 The PTI government has recently introduced the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the National Assembly, which sparked a fiery debate in the House and saw, to the surprise of many, incomprehensible denunciation of the amendment by the Opposition. Please note that this is an amendment that aims at parliamentary electoral reforms and is expected to benefit not only the ruling political party, but also the entire electoral system of Pakistan, and is a ste...

A total of 52 senators in the house of 104 are set to retire on March 11 on completion of their six-year term.

Prime Minister Imran Khan says he and members of his parliamentary board have also been offered money for Senate elections.