Drive closes today with 4.6m signatories supporting report

From Left Former Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto, Former Mp Paul Sang, Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui, Rift Valley regional Commissioner George Natembeya and Nakuru county Jubilee Secretary Peter Cheruiyot during the handing over of Building Bridges Initiate signatures from Five counties in the Rift Valley region in Nakuru on December 3, 2020. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The charge for a constitutional referendum peaked with 4.6 million signatures by yesterday, as coordinators scoffed at Deputy President William Ruto’s fresh demand to postpone the vote.

The figures released by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) secretariat show that ODM leader Raila Odinga’s political bedrock of Nyanza was leading with 780,427 signatures, followed closely by Eastern with 761,776.