Amani National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Barrack Muluka now claims his party leader Musalia Mudavadi will team up with Deputy President William Ruto, and other leaders to defeat a referendum generated from the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
The team was formed following the March 9, 2018 handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and was tasked to collect views from Kenyans on how to solve long-standing problems facing citizens, and is expected to table its report within two months.
“ANC will team up with Ruto and any other like-minded politicians to vote against the referendum, which some political observers say might take place in June next year,” he said during Point Blank Show on KTN, Wednesday night.
Muluka termed BBI unconstitutional, adding that it lacks legal basis to initiate amendments to the supreme law and asked Kenyans to reject any referendum proposed by the team.
“Raila has no locus standi to sit with Uhuru and propose constitutional changes. Amendments to the country’s supreme law can only be got through Parliament or a popular vote. BBI is a mongrel and any proposal it (puts forward) is unconstitutional, and we call upon all Kenyans not to let politicians amend the law for selfish gains,” Muluka said.
Muluka's remarks came barely hours after Ruto seemed to change tune and welcome the referendum debate which he has been lukewarm about in the recent past.
On Tuesday, he called for a sober debate on the BBI proposals.
"JUBILEE rejects the tsunami-bravado hubris and threats by those pushing for a divisive winners vs losers debate on the BBI. We will encourage sober, inclusive and objective citizen conversation on all proposals to ensure the views of all Kenyans count to create a win-win outcome," the DP tweeted.