As it is, BBI will divide, not unite the country

President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre), his deputy William Ruto (left) and ODM leader Raila Odinga during the launch of Building Bridges Initiative report at Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, on November 27, 2019. [File, Standard]

Even as we fight Covid-19, we should be thinking seriously about the risks posed by the November 2019 version of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), now that it is being revised and a constitutional referendum is imminent.

Thanks to commendable countermeasures, the tragedy wrought by the coronavirus in our country will gradually wind itself down.