Gusto and speed to champion BBI agenda arousing suspicion

Drive down Valley Road in Nairobi and you cannot fail to notice the church sign, ‘Christ is the Answer.’ Invariably, I am tempted to retort by asking ‘so if Christ is the answer, what is the question.’ A similar reaction arises when the handshake team keeps instructing the public that a referendum is the answer without ever telling us what the question is. Many have a sneaking suspicion, however, that they already know the question and are just waiting for the opportune moment to announce it.

The gusto and speed with which the handshake team has taken to the regions to promote their BBI agenda arouses further suspicion. With little room for dissent, anyone who doesn’t embrace the BBI project is labelled unpatriotic. It is almost reminiscent of the dreadful Kanu Damu era and don’t you dare object or they may find a skeleton in your closet or old files in the CID archives.