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MCAs fault court verdict on BBI Bill, demand justice for electorate

A section of County Assemblies Majority Leaders led by Victor Kareithi Mutuma(right) at Serena Hotel in Nairobi on April 26, 2021. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

MCAs have faulted a High Court ruling that declared Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) null and void.

MCAs leadership forum chair Victor Kareithi yesterday said the judges' decision amounted to taking away the sovereign power of Kenyans in amending the Constitution. The MCAs said the BBI report was not a product of the Handshake but about the people. “The judgment does not acknowledge that a Constitution is a living document that must be responsive to the needs and desires of a society at any given time,” they said.

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