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Nairobi, Kiambu, Nakuru get more lawmakers in BBI plan

President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) with Baringo senator Gideon Moi (right) and Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip during the BBI Consultative meeting at Great Rift Lodge in Naivasha on November 2, 2020.[Kipsang Joseph,Standard]

The number of MPs representing Nairobi at the National Assembly will almost double if proposals contained in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report are implemented.

Pro-BBI senators and members of the National Assembly yesterday approved a formula to allocate 70 additional seats that are proposed by the BBI document.

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