How BBI changed political landscape, created today's major camps

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga look at their signatures during the launch of the collection of signatures for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) at KICC in Nairobi on November 25, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Attempts to amend the Constitution since President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first term in 2013 have generated a lot of debate and created major political realignments.

First came the Punguza Mizigo initiative by Thirdway Alliance, led by lawyer Ekuru Aukot, which was defeated at the County Assembly stage.