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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Catholic church has opposed some proposals in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, terming them \u201cgood but dangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n

The church\u2019s bishops, who retreated to the Marian Shrine in Subukia, Nakuru County, to deliberate on the BBI report, rejected the plan to give more powers to the president, saying it will not cure the winner-takes-it-all problem.<\/p>\n

They called for further dialogue to achieve inclusivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo give the president the power to appoint the prime minister and two deputies risks consolidating more power and creating an imperial president. This will create the same problem BBI set out to solve,\u201d said Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Chairman Archbishop Phillip Anyolo.<\/p>\n

The proposal, he said, would not end the recurring conflicts reported every election.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe expanded Executive was supposed to reflect the face of Kenya and tame the winner-takes-it-all structure. As it is in the report, this will not be achievable since all powers lie with one person — the winner,\u201d Anyolo said.<\/p>\n

He said this proposal should be reviewed to ensure more Kenyans have a say on whether they want a powerful president.<\/p>\n

The bishops also rejected the plan to expand Parliament, saying this will burden taxpayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpansion of Senate to 94 members and National Assembly to 363 will be a huge burden for a country already reeling under a huge wage bill. We don\u2019t want more government but a better government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The conference also criticised proposals to give political parties an upper hand in the appointment of commissioners to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), saying this would cast doubts on the credibility of elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving political parties appoint members to the IEBC is dangerous. IEBC will turn to a political outfit with partisan interests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

They also opposed the creation of the Kenya Police Council as a replacement for the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa) as a watchdog for the Kenya Police Service.<\/p>\n

Independence of police<\/p>\n

\u201cFormation of Kenya Police Council headed by the Interior Cabinet secretary in place of Ipoa will render Kenya a police state and compromise the independence of the police from the Executive,\u201d Anyolo said.<\/p>\n

The bishops also rejected ODM leader Raila Odinga\u2019s claim that there is only room for editorial changes, warning that denying Kenyans an opportunity for dialogue would divide the country yet the process was meant to unite them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBBI is a product of dialogue and the process should take the path of consensus building,\u201d said Mombasa Archbishop Martin Kivuva.<\/p>\n

The bishops said the call for further dialogue comes from Kenyans who should be the biggest beneficiaries of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an urgent need to give them an opportunity to review the report. This process has serious implications on the future of this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

KCCB vice-chair Bishop John Oballa of Ngong\u2019 Diocese called on the political class to slow down on the process, saying it was not an emergency.<\/p>\n

Pressing issues<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rush to have the BBI implemented is fashioned towards aspirations of certain leaders in 2022. This should not be the case. It should be about Kenya, our direction as a country, for ourselves and posterity,\u201d said Bishop Oballa.<\/p>\n

He said the country has more pressing issues that politics should not overshadow.<\/p>\n

\u201cHit by a pandemic, this is not the time to subject Kenyans to heightened political activity. Our limited resources should not be channelled to a referendum at a time we have struggling education and health sectors that need urgent support,\u201d said Oballa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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