{"id":16486,"date":"2020-10-25T20:26:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T20:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=16486"},"modified":"2020-10-25T20:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T20:26:12","slug":"cs-munya-drums-up-support-for-bbi-in-meru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/cs-munya-drums-up-support-for-bbi-in-meru","title":{"rendered":"CS Munya drums up support for BBI in Meru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0PHARES MUTEMBEI<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) proposals are good for Meru, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Munya said he supported the initiative and pleaded with lukewarm residents to back President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition boss Raila Odinga in their quest to achieve unity in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The CS who spoke in Igembe North where he launched the construction of a modern three-floor miraa market and opened a Mwenge Miraa Sacco office, said with BBI, areas with big populations such as Igembe would have better representation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIgembe has a big population. Yet we have only three constituencies. We should have four. The old constitution denied us that but now we will have it,\u201d Munya told a rally at Laare town.<\/p>\n<p>He said the northern part of Meru (Nyambene) will have more representatives in the National Assembly when BBI sails through.<\/p>\n<p>He said the one-man-one-vote principle is needed for all Kenyans to get resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the equaliser so that all Kenyans can get services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The CS said the government will now be inclusive, with the creation of the Prime Minister and two deputy prime minister seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have only two seats, the president and the deputy president. It leaves out others. But now we will have a PM and two deputies, and an expanded Assembly. It is good and I support President Kenyatta and Raila Odinga,\u201d\u2019 Munya said and rallied residents to back it.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe are happy with it. Our president cannot take us in the wrong direction. We are happy with the unity he has forged with Raila so that Kenyans can become one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asking residents to embrace the BBI, the minister said the BBI \u2018whirlwind\u2019 had kicked off in Kisumu and it was spreading to other parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0PHARES MUTEMBEI AfricaPress-Kenya: The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) proposals are good for Meru, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has said. Mr Munya said he supported the initiative and pleaded with lukewarm residents to back President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition boss Raila Odinga in their quest to achieve unity in the country. 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