Kenyans, read between the lines and reject BBI

Jakoyo Midiwo, Lower Nyanza BBI coordinator Patrick Madanji, Siaya Senator James Orengo, Suna East MP Junet Mohamed hand over signatures from Nyanza to ODM leader Raila Odinga at the BBI National Secretariat Office in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]

The 2010 Constitution provides for two routes for its amendment – parliamentary and popular initiative. Any proposals to amend the Constitution emanating from any of the three arms of government must go through the parliamentary route while a people's initiative, as the name denotes, must originate from the people and be driven by the people.

The BBI Constitutional proposals originate from and are driven by the Executive, using State machinery and public resources. This is illegal and unconstitutional. We the people must rise and reject this blatant attempt by the State to subvert the Constitution by usurping the people’s window for amending it and worse still, by silencing the people's voices in these ill-conceived amendments.