Nothing new at all as BBI outwits its ardent supporters

Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli with Siaya Senator James Orengo at a fundraiser at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Secondary School in Bondo yesterday. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

It was billed long before its release, as Kenya’s blueprint to happiness. Yet after the initial eagerness about the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report is over, Kenya’s political class is likely to be a little more divided and the citizenry a little more confused than it was before.

Already, at the Bomas of Kenya where the report was formally launched, there were varied dramas that spoke of compound fractures in the political arena. These dramas may not be separated from the report, even as both herald fresh contestations ahead.