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Kenya: Where Is Bbi Report? DP Ruto’s Allies Ask Uhuru and Raila

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Deputy President William Ruto’s allies have now questioned the motive behind delays in the release of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report.

Jubilee Party deputy-secretary Caleb Kositany, who is also Dr Ruto’s de-facto spokesperson, on Sunday accused President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga of taking Kenyans for a ride by keeping silent on when the report will be released.

The Soy MP claimed that there is a political game behind the delays, arguing that as Tanga Tanga brigade, they are ready for any recommendation of the Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji-led taskforce.

“They should release the BBI report rather than trying to play politics with it, we know they are still looking for those who will oppose it, let them bring it, no one will oppose it,” he told the Nation.

“The taskforce has completed its work, where is this report? Why are they taking long before releasing it?”

COMPLETED REPORT

Mr Haji’s team on June 30 announced that it had completed its report, and that it would hand the much-awaited document to President Kenyatta and Mr Odinga when the two are ready.

“We have finished our report but we will wait for them (President Kenyatta and Mr Odinga) to give us a date that suits them both so that we can hand it over to them,” Mr Haji told the Nation recently.

Already, it has emerged that the handover of the report to the duo has been delayed by Mr Odinga’s illness which saw him travel to Dubai for a minor back surgery.

Kenyans will have to wait until he returns for the report to be released.

Last week, the former prime minister, in a video post shared by his daughter, promised a return to the political scene soon.

But Keiyo South MP Daniel Rono told the Nation that their recent revelation that they are banking on the expanded executive to scheme for coalitions ahead of 2022 general elections might have worried both the president and the ODM supremo.

COALITION

He claimed the proponents of BBI have been driving a narrative that DP Ruto was against efforts to unite the country using the report, noting that since DP is keen on it, his political nemesis might be scheming on what to use next before it is released.