Fresh storm over BBI as campaigns begin amid budget queries

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i with Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya during a BBI delegates meeting held at Kisii Sports club. (Sammy Omingo, Standard)

Early campaigns by Opposition leader Raila Odinga to popularise the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report have ignited a fierce debate on the true intention of the initiative.

Deputy President William Ruto’s allies are reading mischief and have called for investigations by the Director Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti and Parliament on the operations of the BBI task force whose extended mandate by President Uhuru Kenyatta has not been gazetted.