This archive report was first published on 6 September 2019.
Published on September 6, 2019, a civil society organization has dismissed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, saying it will not solve Kenya's problems.
The Uwazi Foundation, in a report titled "Captured at conception, the unlikely promise of BBI and the quest for reforming Kenya", claims the current constitution is adequate but lacks implementation.
Former chair of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission, Yash Pal Ghai, stated that the current constitution has the best bill of rights in the world, but the country only lacks constitutionalism.
The civil society group questioned the way the BBI team was put together, noting that it was not formed through Parliament or the Cabinet, so the issues it seeks to address are not public policies.
According to the report, "It is apparent that the administrative and the executive branches of the State were not involved in the agreement on shared objectives between the two leaders, therefore, going by the definition of the public policy, the agreement between the two leaders does not amount to public policy."
The foundation also questioned whether it is legal to follow up on individual agreements on shared personal objectives using State resources, noting that the launch of the BBI as a task force was facilitated by public funds.
Formed almost 18 months ago, after the March 9, 2018, peace agreement between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga following sporadic violence witnessed after the 2017 presidential election, the BBI team has concluded its public hearings and is expected to release its report by the end of this month.
