Face-off ahead as Ruto allies plot for more clout on BBI

Jubilee leaders led by Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen (second left) and National Assembly Chief Whip Benjamin Washiali (right) address the Press on BBI meetings at Serena Hotel, Nairobi, on Tuesday. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Deputy President William Ruto’s elaborate plans for more say in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) debate demonstrates the high stakes in the report.

A document seen by the Saturday Standard, lays bare the strategy Ruto and his team plan to use to control the BBI narrative and they believe ODM leader Raila Odinga and organisers of the Kisii and Kakamega BBI meetings handed them a golden opportunity to reach out to Kenyans.