BBI drive: DP Ruto's statement in full

Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday gave direction to his supporters on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) drive.

The DP addressed the press after holding a meeting with his allies at his Karen home in Nairobi.

• Third, we must consider the circumstances in which we find ourselves. We are in the midst of a deadly pandemic that has ravaged our country, killing close to 1500 Kenyans including frontline health workers, infecting nearly 100,000 Kenyans, and affecting millions of others, straining public health facilities, and instigating an economic meltdown. The deepening financial quagmire has led to the destruction of livelihoods, enterprises, hustles and consequential loss of jobs and shrinkage of revenues. Additionally we are haunted by the reality that we are yet to create confidence in our education system’s ability to make schools safe enough for our children to resume school because the myriad challenges facing the entire school system remain largely unaddressed. Given the foregoing it is legitimate to question the wisdom of expending 14 Billion shillings a year before an election that will cost another 42 Billion (2017 figures), when the referendum could be conducted as a seventh ballot in the General Election at virtually no extra cost. We believe it is prudent to hold the referendum along with the General Election in 2022.

BBI drive: DP Ruto's statement in full

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