GOVERNOR KIRAITU PRESIDES OVER BBI SIGNATURE COLLECTION DRIVE LAUNCH IN MERU COUNTY
Updated on: Nov 30, 2020
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The Governor of Meru County H.E. Kiraitu Murungi has this morning presided over the official launch of Meru County signature collection exercise for the Building Bridges Initiative(The Constitution of Kenya(Amendment) Bill, 2020) at the County Commissioner's office in Meru town.
Governor Kiraitu was flanked by the Deputy Governor, Hon. Titus Ntuchiu, National Assembly Deputy Majority Whip Hon. Maoka Maore, North Imenti MP Hon. Dawood Rahim, Meru County Commissioner Mr. Allan Machari, Members of Meru County Assembly and other leaders.
The ceremony officially kicked off collection of signatures from Meru County residents on the amendment bill which is expected to close on Wednesday when the County is bound to have hit the allocated number of signatures from the national total required to kick-start the constitutional amendment drive.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga officially launched the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) signature drive on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at KICC where the exercise targets over 4 million signatures from Kenyans.
BBI Process is expected to address various pertinent issues affecting the country such as increasing and streamlining allocation of national revenue to Counties, diversifying top national leadership to foster peace and cohesion, as well as address key economic issues, among others.
"BBI is an opportunity for the people of Meru to be involved in a national conversation so that they can always be part and parcel of key decision-making processes about sharing of the national cake. It is a historic national moment ,where the residents of Meru County must not be left behind" said Governor Kiraitu.
