The Building Bridges Initiative team has dismissed a document which has been making rounds in social media for the better part of the weekend.
In the draft, the BBI team allegedly agreed on proposing Parliamentary system of government, which would see introduction of powerful PM post.
BBI’s joint secretaries Paul Mwangi and Martin Kimani have dismissed the document, adding that it was not by any chance authored by their team.
“That’s speculation as nobody knows the contents of the report,” Mr Mwangi said, while Mr Kimani termed the document and the attendant newspaper stories as “fake news”.
It was widely believed that the document was to be launched on Mashujaa Day. The team is still working on the report, said Mr Mwangi. “We are awaiting to be advised on the delivery protocols,” he said.
Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati claimed the document was the work of individuals opposed to the BBI.
“We know them. They want to give the BBI team a bad name in advance so as to prepare the minds of Kenyans to reject the document over claims that it will reduce the number of MPs and counties. They will not succeed,” Mr Arati said.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga have vowed to support implementation of the taskforce report, with the team expected to handover the final draft soon.
Reports on Sunday claimed that Deputy President William Ruto had planted moles within the system that has been giving him brief on the progress.