All Set for June Referendum as Cost is Budgeted 20 February 2021 - 10:38 am President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga at KICC in Nairobi for the National launch of BBI signatures collection exercise. November 25, 2020. PSCU The road to a June referendum appears to be all clear, with the process following the timelines set by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM Leader Raila Odinga. Funding for the referendum had been the biggest challenge facing the process with Deputy President William Ruto and his allies insisting that the economy could not afford an election before 2022. Amos Kimunya, National Assembly Majority Leader expressed his confidence that BBI would pass. He added that the referendum will either be funded through a rationalized process or upfront.