Homa Bay Woman Rep Gladys Wanga has asserted that all politicians opposing the BBI referendum should not be considered in the 2022 General Election.
According to her, allowing such politicians to implement the BBI if it sails through would not be fair.
Wanga was speaking in an interview on Citizen TV on Tuesday.
The Homa Bay Woman Rep said
the 2010 Constitution has struggled over the years because it landed in the hands of those who opposed it.
She posed, "It has been a challenge to implement because both President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto were in the opposition camp. How could they implement something they opposed?"
Wanga argued that the BBI process that seeks to unite the country should supported by anyone seeking any elective seat in 2022.
"Let us be honest to ourselves, the BBI is seeking to unite this country, those who are opposing it yet they want to be leaders in various capacities. Do they want to lead a divided country?" Wanga posed.
The National Gender and Equality Commission-NGEC commissioner Priscilla Nyokabi echoed Wanga's sentiments saying that the three political bigwigs must focus on the BBI.
"What is happening right now we all know it is the practice of politics but it is getting us worried. We must separate the BBI from 2022 because the current heightened political tension is a replica of 2005 that later wreaked havoc in the country after the 2007 election," Nyokabi stated.
According to Nyokabi, Uhuru, Ruto and Raila must lead the country to a moment of calmness, articulating issues around the BBI.
"We should be focusing on the politics of equity and capacity building, it should not be about empty politics but value-based. I want to share the sentiments that personally I am not also ready to vote anybody who is opposing the BBI," she affirmed.
She further noted that the BBI can sort out the impasse in the context of equality since it has articulated the two-thirds rule.
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