BBI proposals must take care of women

Employees of the BBI Secretariat offload boxes containing BBI signatures at the Anniversary Towers for verification by the IEBC on December 10, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

As I watch the political class battling it out over the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and an impending referendum, feeling almost like a mere spectator, I am forced to reflect on the journey I took in support of the 2010 Constitution as a young woman fighting for a better Kenya.

What struck me is the glaring difference between the great promise the 2010 law held for women back then, and a decade later, our failure to observe its spirit, ethics and letter. The 2010 constitution was the result of a long and protracted people’s struggle against power, and aimed at creating a society anchored on tenets of social justice and human dignity.