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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The proponents of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) will have to race against time to push through the required processes for a referendum to be held before August next year.<\/p>\n

After the signature collection launch yesterday, the tough task will be to have the remaining processes that precede a referendum undertaken within a strict timetable to beat a constitutional timeline set under the law.<\/p>\n

The Constitution 2010 creates checks against any constitutional changes a year to election, which means that the proponents of the push will have to navigate through strict deadlines, given the long and onerous procedure for a constitutional amendment through a popular initiative.<\/p>\n

However, BBI Secretariat joint Chairpersons Junet Mohamed and former Dagoretti South MP Dennis Waweru exuded confidence that they would push through the process to a referendum, with April as their projected time for the vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware of this requirement and we will save time on some areas. April is our realistic time for the vote,\u201d said Mr Waweru.<\/p>\n

But as the two were exuding confidence, they admitted that some sections of the process were out of their control.<\/p>\n

According to the Initiative\u2019s timetable, they intend to collect 4 million signatures \u2013 way above the required 1 million \u2013 within two weeks and after another week of cleaning, send the same for verification at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).<\/p>\n

It was at this stage that the ODM-pushed Okoa Kenya referendum bid was stopped after the IEBC could not verify as genuine some of their signatures.<\/p>\n

If the BBI bid goes past this stage, it will have to contend with another area where they have no control over – the passage of the Bill by at least 24 of the 47 county assemblies.<\/p>\n

Once IEBC has verified the signatures, it will send the referendum Bill to counties, where the proponents of the process will have to lobby the assemblies to fast-track it.<\/p>\n

As it is now, and without a referendum law in place, the Constitution does not give timelines within which the assemblies should pass the Bill.<\/p>\n

Mohamed said he was positive that the assemblies would pass it in good time to have the Bill moved to Parliament.<\/p>\n

But the biggest hurdle could be in Parliament where the Bill, being a constitutional amendment one, the law stipulates must go through 90 days after its first reading to the time it comes for a second reading to ensure thorough public participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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