President Uhuru Kenyatta, DP Ruto reach out to governors to soften push for referendum

President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre), CoG Chairman Isaac Rutto (right) and Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya during a summit between national and county governments at State House, Nairobi, Tuesday. [PHOTO: GEORGE MULALA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta appears set to yield to governors’ demands as a way of enticing them to drop their push to amend the Constitution through the Pesa Mashinani initiative, a process parallel to the Opposition’s Okoa Kenya.

Sources informed The Standard that the long meeting between the President Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and governors at State House on Monday revolved around the reasons why the county bosses want the Constitution amended.