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TNA governors quit referendum push

Kiambu Governor William Kabogo addresses the Press after a meeting attended by TNA’s county bosses to discuss the push for a referendum at Weston Hotel in Nairobi. [Photo: MBUGUA KIBERA STANDARD]

The push by county chiefs for a referendum was dealt a blow after governors allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s The National Alliance (TNA) announced they had abandoned the mission.

Succumbing to pressure from the President, seven TNA governors opted out of the push to amend the Constitution through a referendum vote and instead said they would seek alternative ways to have their demands addressed.

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