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Ghosts of Uhuru's BBI plan haunt Mt Kenya leaders ahead of talks

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When former President Uhuru Kenyatta met with leaders and representatives of special interest groups at State Lodge Sagana in Nyeri County to discuss the progress of Gov't development projects in the Central Kenya region. [File, Standard]

In what has reawakened the aspirations of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), some parliamentarians from Mt Kenya are now rooting for equitable distribution of revenue through the "one-man-one-vote-one-shilling" formula.

BBI had sought to end the conflict over national resources by using population as the main parameter in allocation.

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