In the next few days, the country will be subjected to a national debate after the Building Bridges Initiative team hands over the report to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga.
Constitutional changes are expected, with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga pushing for introduction of parliamentary system of government.
But Deputy President William Ruto has come out guns blazing, insisting that the report must be subjected to national debate before any changes.
“As a democratic society the proposals by BBI will be subjected to an open national conversation where every voice (the weak/strong, the small/big) will be heard,” Ruto tweeted recently.
Records in the Hansard show that in 2010, Deputy President William Ruto called for adoption of a parliamentary system of government.
According to him at that time, the system would encourage transparency and accountability, adding that the president should be ceremonial.
“I am very comfortable with a Parliamentary System that has clear checks and balances in the way that it is supposed to be, that we have a Prime Minister who is the Head of Government. We should also have a ceremonial President.
"The Head of Government nominates his Cabinet from Parliament and if he does not do a good job, Parliament passes a vote of no-confidence and he is changed and we move on," he had said.
However, the DP has since changed his mind and has been accusing Mr Odinga of plotting to subject Kenyans to a parliamentary system of government.
Speaking at Chatham House, London, on February 9 this year, the DP said: “The suggestion on the Prime Minister’s post has two problems: it does not solve the problem, which is that we need a functional, constitutional official opposition; and if created, it would still be taken by the winning party.”
Currently, Kenya embraces pure presidential system of government, which has been blamed for frequent post election violence after every cycle of election.