West Pokot and Trans Nzoia assemblies approve BBI Bill

Kabarnet residents waving placards after they accompanied lawyer Gordon Ogola and Baringo county assembly members to the Kabarnet Law courts on February 15, 2021, where he filed a petition challenging the constitutionality of proceedings of February 11 at the County Assembly that led to the rejection of the Building Bridges Initiative Bill. [Kipsang Joseph,Standard]

West Pokot County Assembly yesterday passed the the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill, making it the first in the Rift Valley to vote in support of the proposal.

Hours later, Trans Nzoia followed suit, becoming the sixth to endorse the Constitutional Amendment Bill.