Deputy President William Ruto has insisted that he will not throw weight behind calls for a referendum over the Building Bridges Initiative report.
Speaking during a church service in Nairobi on Saturday, the second in command said that there is no need for a referendum. He said that most of the recommendations in the report can be implemented at different government levels without a referendum.
The DP said that he has had a chance to go through the details of the report and he has seen no good reason to call for a referendum over the same.
“Let it not be that 99 per cent of Kenyan’s issues can be addressed by various sections of Government can be ignored to look for jobs for one per cent,” he said.
Ruto has affirmed that the debate on the report should be centered on national dialogue and not fight to create positions for some leaders.
The second in command said that the issues outlined are of grave importance but they are not worth calling for a referendum as suggested by leaders allied to Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Amolo Odinga.
He appealed to leaders to concentrate on matters of development while bearing in mind the Big Four Agenda than anything else.