New clamour for referendum seeks to introduce powerful Prime Minister post

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga meet members of the Building Bridges Initiative taskforce at State House in Nairobi last year. [File, Standard]

Creation of the position of powerful prime minister is one of the key recommendations given to a team tasked by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga to receive public submissions towards ending cycle of electoral violence.

Submissions to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) suggest the clamour to amend the Constitution to overhaul the country’s governance system, including creation of the post of executive prime minister, is gathering steam.