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THE STANDARD POLITICS Kuria East MP Marwa Kitayama. There is growing disquiet in Nyanza and Western because of ‘few’ additional constituencies the regions will get if the Constitutional of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020, sails through in the referendum. The Bill, popularly referred to as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill, proposes to increase the number of constituencies from 290 to 360. The proposed law will see Deputy President William Ruto’s Rift Valley stronghold getting the lion’s share of the electoral areas followed by Nairobi, Central and Coast. The Bill, that was pas...

THE STANDARD President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) during a joint media address with political party leaders at State House, Nairobi. Present are Gideon Moi (Kanu), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Raila Odinga (ODM), Charity Ngilu (Narc) and Mosses Wetang'ula (Ford Kenya). As the country’s top leaders, dubbed ‘Super Seven’ hit the ground running this week to drum up support for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, it is a race against time for public literacy. The leaders, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, will be rallying Kenyans to back the...

THE STANDARD President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) during a joint media address with political party leaders at State House, Nairobi. Present are Gideon Moi (Kanu), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Raila Odinga (ODM), Charity Ngilu (Narc) and Mosses Wetang'ula (Ford Kenya). As the country’s top leaders, dubbed ‘Super Seven’ hit the ground running this week to drum up support for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, it is a race against time for public literacy. The leaders, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, will be rallying Kenyans to back the...

THE STANDARD By Ndung’u Gachane | March 2nd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Residents of Gititu Village in Tetu, Nyeri, receive copies of the Constitutional Amendment Bill from the founder of Adonai Foundation Ephantus Thuku, during a public awareness meeting. Pro-BBI proponents in Mt Kenya have resorted to using community organisations and church leaders to market the document. on February 28, 2021. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] After clearing the first hurdle at the county assemblies, proponents of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in Mt Kenya are leaving nothing to chance to ensure it sails t...

THE STANDARD By Standard Team | February 23rd 2021 at 13:17:02 GMT +0300 28 County Assemblies have so far endorsed the  Constitutional of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. On Tuesday, a majority of the 21 counties set to debate the bill unanimously passed the Bill. Ward representatives from 16 counties overwhelmingly endorsed the Bill. Among them: Narok, Kakamega, Makueni, Murang’a, Bungoma, Nyeri, Machakos, Nyamira, Nyandarua, Garissa, Kirinyaga, Kitui, Mombasa, Meru, Nakuru and Lamu counties. How some counties voted: The assembly unanimously passed the Bill this morning with all the 36 MCA...