BBI is not a solution to Kenya's problems, but a step to the end

Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga.

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and Raila Odinga with copies of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in October, 2020. PHOTO | PSCU

The Building Bridges Initiative report is finally out. Its launch at the Bomas of Kenya where, years ago, delegates from all over the country met to draft what would become known as the Bomas Draft of the Constitution reminded us of an important step the BBI process missed. 

In an ideal situation, the BBI process should have started with a national delegates’ conference to audit the whole constitution in order to see what worked and what did not.