Early campaigns meant to fight BBI, Raila says

Opposition leader Raila Odinga (left) with Siaya Senator James Orengo (centre) and Gem MP Elisha Odhiambo during the burial of former Gem MP Joe Donde's mother in Siaya on Saturday. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Premature 2022 presidential campaigns are designed to undermine the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and scuttle envisaged constitutional reforms, Opposition chief Raila Odinga has said.

Mr Raila denounced reports that he had declared his candidature for the presidency in an election in which he would face off with Deputy President William Ruto. He described the reports as an attempt to discredit the work of the BBI by its critics -who are desperate to turn the unity initiative into a 2022 political campaign.