Should BBI funds be used in fight against Covid-19?

President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative report. [File, Standard]

Yes, the referendum can wait. Let’s face it; we got it all wrong from the onset. As a young patriotic Kenyan citizen, I have felt the effects of Covid-19; schools closed, the economy is struggling, we lost jobs, taxation went up, yet ‘reggae’ was the order of the day.

This week, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe indicated that oxygen cylinders were missing in health facilities, ICU beds were full, yet daily positivity rates went higher. The National Treasury has allocated Sh14 billion for the BBI referendum, but that can wait.