This archive report was first published on 21 October 2019.
On Mashujaa Day, ODM MPs Otiende Amollo and Samuel Atandi urged Deputy President William Ruto to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), which they claim is a brainchild of President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
According to Mr. Amollo, the BBI is aimed at creating a bright future for the country, and the DP should get behind the initiative. He stated that they will go round the country with the BBI document to collect more views and come up with a draft constitution.
Mr. Amollo said, "If the President of the Republic of Kenya said BBI is a good initiative and must pass, who are you as the deputy to come and contradict him? We will endorse and pass the BBI."
Mr. Atandi urged Kenyans to begin thinking of ways to adopt and embrace the BBI document in preparation for its official roll out. He stated, "I want to encourage leaders that this is not the moment for us to encourage political competition; this is also not the moment for us to begin to practice cheap village politics. Let us not undermine each other; let us work together and ensure that when this begins we are in one accord."
DP Ruto had earlier expressed his opposition to the BBI, stating that those working hard to create new fault lines using the initiative will fail miserably.
