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Critics warn against Ruto's 'BBI' proposals to Parliament

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President William Ruto is received by Western Kenya leaders led by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi for a two day tour in the region. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

President William Ruto was never a fan of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI)- the constitutional change plan championed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga. Neither did he pretend he was.

During the launch of the report at Bomas of Kenya on October 26, Ruto articulately, amid jeers and boos, gave his reasons why he thought the proposals wouldn't solve the problems the country was facing.

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