Uhuru, Raila dangle BBI carrots as they kick off signatures drive
President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga distribute BBI signing documents to regional representatives at Kenyatta International Convention Center on November 25, 2020 when they launched the collection of signatures.
The proposal to entrench the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) removed as Nairobi will now remain with all its devolved functions.
Four Rift Valley counties — West Pokot, Nandi, Bomet and Uasin Gishu — to get an additional four constituencies.
The creation of an extra 70 constituencies, and dropping twin-proposals for an executive-controlled police council and nomination of electoral commissioners by parties, are among radical changes in the Bill to amend the Constitution.
The revised Bill released on Wednesday, when President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga launched a campaign to collect one million signatures, also hands more powers to the Senate and reintroduces special top-up seats in the National Assembly as well as further expansion of the executive with the introduction of deputy ministers.
