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The National Assembly has passed the BBI bill.
Legislators who supported the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 cited resource allocation, inclusivity and more funds to counties.
Those who voted Yes numbered 235, against the 83 votes for No on the second reading. Two lawmakers abstained.
At the third reading, 224 MPs supported the Bill as 63 voted no and two abstained
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Only yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga asked Members of Parliament in the National Assembly and Senate to pass the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
In a joint statement on Wednesday, the two principals asked the parliamentarians to listen to the voice of the people.