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Raila urges BBI opponents to read the report

ODM leader Raila Odinga addressing mourners at Mabole Primary School in Butere, Kakamega county on October 25, 2020 during the burial of late John Luchera, a cousin to Governor Wycliffe Oparanya. Odinga urged all Kenyans to support the BBI report.

Photo credit: Isaac Wale | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Odinga sought to allay fears that the implementing BBI could result in a bloated wage bill.
  • He said the prime minister, for instance, will be a lawmaker earning a salary of an MP and allowances for performing functions of the office. 

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga yesterday took the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) campaigns to Siaya and Kakamega, where he appealed to Kenyans to support the proposals when they are presented in a referendum.

Mr Odinga, at the same time, sought to allay fears that the implementing BBI could result in a bloated wage bill on account of the new offices, especially in the Executive.