Leaders from Kirinyaga county have warned that they will not allow 'outsiders' to lecture them on the BBI report.
Led by Kanu regional chairman John Gathungu on Tuesday, they said any attempt to impose strangers into leading the civic education process would be resisted.
Kanu regional organising secretary Amon Brat said, “Some leaders from Nairobi have been spotted in the county trying to organise BBI town hall meetings.”
He said they are behind Governor Anne Waiguru and demanded transparency in the execution of BBI civic education.
The leaders also called for the full involvement of elected leaders from the county in the process.
Scholastica Njeri, a civic leader, said the BBI document should be availed at the grassroots level for residents to read for themselves.
Last month, Kirinyaga clerics urged residents to read and fully understand the BBI report, so they can make informed decisions.
Speaking to the Star on the phone, the religious leaders said politicians must stop making statements likely to cause divisions among residents.
They included ACK Bishop Joseph Kibucwa, Kirinyaga county Imam Idd Abdi and Kirinyaga County Forum chairperson Francis Wanderi.
Bishop Kibucwa said the existing laws to a larger extent address Kenya’s needs in all spheres and there is no need to change the law.
"What lacks is political goodwill to implement what is already in the 2010 Constitution. I don’t think the BBI carries a cure for our political and economic problems and more so if the political players involved in the 2010 constitutional making process are the same players spearheading the BBI campaigns," he said.
He called for the use of alternative methods to pass some proposals instead of going the referendum route. Kibucwa cast doubt on the unity of the country’s leadership, saying the jeers that characterised DP William Ruto's speech set the tone for a heavy contestation in days to come.
Ruto had expressed his reservations about some proposals in the BBI report.
