THE STANDARD
NATIONAL
Parliament reconvenes tomorrow to deliberate on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum Bill after the speakers received the report by the Joint committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.
Just a day after National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi called for a two-day Special Sitting to discuss and dispense with the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020, his Senate counterpart Ken Lusaka also called for a sitting.
The JLAC team co-chaired by Senator Okongo Omogeni and Muturi Kigano have submitted the committee report of 171 pages to the two speakers and will be concurrently tabled in the two Houses. The Special Sitting will commence from 9.30am and proceed to the afternoon. If there is a spillover, I will Gazette another day to allow members to conclude deliberations, Lusaka told the Standard.
THE STANDARD
POLITICS
National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi said the special sitting will be on Wednesday and Thursday, the office of the Speaker indicated that no such plans were afoot. [File, Standard]
Confusion reigns over the fate of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill after the House leadership differed on the special sitting to debate the constitutional amendment.
Whereas a section of the House leadership led by National Assembly Majority Leader Amos Kimunya and his Minority counterpart John Mbadi said the special sitting will be on Wednesday and Thursday, the office of the Speaker indicated that no such plans were afoot.