Revealed: How DP Ruto allies are planning to disrupt BBI social hall sessions in Mt. Kenya region
LEAKED INFORMATION
BBI Public participation disruptions mechanisms in Mt Kenya region.
1. Pro Tanga Tanga Supporters and Anti BBI Elements to arrive at 8:00AM in social halls and occupy all seats.
2. Pro Tanga Tanga Community Organizations and Friendly Churches Network to mobilise today(Sunday) for next week participation.
3. Buy enough smartphones to local bloggers to record instances on jeering and heckling in social halls.
4. Dispatch freelancer journalists and correspondents from Nairobi across Mt. Kenya region to cover all altercation and stream them live to ensure maximum exposure and embarrassment.
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NAIROBI
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru after meeting members of Daughters of the Mountain group comprising young professionals and entrepreneurs from Mt Kenya region. [Courtesy]
Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru wants an all-inclusive team to lead the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) campaigns in Mt Kenya region.
She said there is need to embrace all leaders, including those with varied opinions, if efforts to sell the document in the vote-rich region will succeed.
Waiguru spoke even as the Mt Kenya BBI secretariat met leaders from the region in efforts to calm discontent arising from alleged exclusion of some of the leaders.
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Wainaina Ndung u |
January 17th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
President Uhuru Kenyatta during the funeral of Mama Hannah Mudavadi [Standard]
The president’s sentiments came just days after one of his allies, Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata, had written to him painting a not so rosy picture of the popularity of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in Mt Kenya region.
Kang’ata, who has stood by his sentiments in the letter dated December 30, 2020, warned that the BBI would fail in the region unless the president personally took charge of campaigns for the document.
He also advised Jubilee Party to change its strategy and work with all leaders for the initiative to register a favourable result.