Uhuru dismantles Ruto's case on BBI

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the nation during Mashujaa Day celebrations at Gusii Stadium, Kisii County, yesterday. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday demolished as simplistic the key plank of Building Bridges Initiative critics that it was all about creating positions for a few at the expense of the majority.

In his most passionate pitch yet for the constitutional changes opposed by Deputy President William Ruto, the President gave a long treatise justifying the changes before reiterating that the country was staring at a constitutional moment.