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Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua has warned proponents of the BBI Bill to be ready for ‘hostile’ reception in Nyeri County which would lose out in the distribution of the proposed additional 70 constituencies.
Rigathi in rejecting the Bill on Thursday said the manner in which the proposed constituencies are distributed are not only discriminatory but also impoverishing.
He said promoters did not take people’s views on how to allocate the proposed Constituencies across the country.
“I must tell the proponents that they will have difficulty in Nyeri County because they have been discriminated,” Rigathi said.
“Looking at the second schedule, the people of Nyeri have no business supporting the Bill because of discrimination.”
The lawmaker also questioned how the proposed amendments will address inclusivity “when it gives all the proposed offices to one coalition”.
“I have looked at this amendment, we have been told that this amendment will address issue of inclusivity but all positions being created will go to one coalition.”
MPs are on the second day debating the Constitution of Kenya (Amendments) Bill, 2020 and are expected to take a vote on the Bill by the end of the day.
More to follow…
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