BBI can lead to change without a referendum

To deal with problems of ‘winner-takes-it-all, toxic and divisive electoral contests’ the BBI report proposes an expanded national executive that adds a Prime Minister and two deputy Prime Ministers to the national executive and allows Cabinet secretaries to be drawn from Members of the National Assembly.

The argument is that the new seats will accommodate most, if not all actors and ethnic interests into government. Curiously, the BBI also proposes that the president can fire the Prime Minister and Deputy President. Critics have cautioned that this will drive Kenya in the direction of an imperial presidency.