Let the games begin ,
I would say the
biggest challenges are following
1) Current Illegal/Illegitimate Parliament based on Maraga's aadvisory
2) Several Court Cases In between against BBI and amendment of the constitution
3) Covid Environment As cases are increasing in number
4) IEBC - As chebukati has already shown - He is ready to fight it out - They will require a bigger than life exit package -Akin to Tobikos one
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/bbi-strategy-road-map-referendum-2720788
The paper has drawn a number of timelines looking at best and worst case scenarios for leading to a referendum.
It suggests unveiling of the National Coordinating Secretariat just one day after presentation of the BBI report to Mr Kenyatta and Mr Odinga.
It gives 40 days for County and Constituency Town Halls, stakeholder engagement, political outreach, and collection of signatures.
It also proposes to learn from the positive and negative lessons from the failed Okoa Kenya and Punguza Mzigo initiatives, particularly the issue of verifying signatures that the IEBC has no database of.
Referendum campaign
Pitfalls identified include management of signature collection at the time of the coronavirus pandemic, delays caused by legal challenges mounted by anti-BBI forces, and possible mischief by the IEBC itself.
Even with all that, the report looks at a 90-day window for Submission of Constitutional Amendment Bill and verification of signatures by IEBC. It gives another 30 days for Submission of the Bill to County Assemblies, and well as debating and voting for it.
That would then be followed by submission of County Assembly resolutions to Parliament, providing 90 days for debate and making decision.
The paper notes that there is no legal time limit with which County Assemblies and Parliament must make the decision, raising the threat of a filibusters that could interminably delay things.
Finally would be 60 days for running the referendum campaign and up to the actual poll
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