A day after Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji explained the mode that was used to gather suggestions contained in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, veteran politician Koigi Wa Wamwere has come out to contradict the details.
Haji, the BBI taskforce Chairman, on Friday said that the document is made up of suggestions from Kenyans, adding that over 7,000 Kenyans handed in their views, which were considered.
But Koigi doubts that, and is claiming that he was personally denied a chance to contribute when the task force held a sitting at a Nakuru hotel, despite being a prominent Kenyan and a former Member of Parliament.
Speaking on Radio Sauti Ya Mwananchi on Saturday evening, he said that should the taskforce propose constitutional changes, then it will be insincere since he was blocked from contributing to that.
"It's not right for the chair to say that those are citizens' views since I personally attended their sitting and when I tried to raise my views about the constitution, I was told that they are not talking about that. (Sio sahihi wakati mwenyekiti anasema maoni hayo ni ya wananchi kwa sababu mimi mwenyewe nilienda katika kikao chao na nilipojaribu kutoa maoni yangu kuhusu katiba wakakataa eti hawaongelei katiba)," he said.
Koigi added that similarly, he was not mentioned among the people who handed over their views towards the course even after contributing to what he was allowed to.
He claimed that this was proof that there was only a specific group of people that was to contribute, which makes the intention of the BBI questionable.
"I was surprised to learn that some people gave their views yet I was not mentioned. I realized there are some who deserve to contribute and those who don't (Nilishangaa kusikia kuna wengine walitoa maoni na mimi sikutajwa pale, nikajua kumbe kuna wanaofaa na wale ambao hawafai)," he added.