The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is very likely to succeed, Ndaragwa Member of Parliament Jeremiah Kioni has said.
The BBI was founded by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga after their 2018 truce, where they also formed the BBI taskforce to spearhead its realisation.
Speaking on Wednesday night, Kioni, a member of Uhuru's Jubilee Party, said that the BBI cannot fail, since it is based on real issues and the actual factors ailing the country.
He stated that the nine pillars of the initiative need to be implemented for a stable constitution or Kenyans will continue lamenting of exclusion from government.
The lawmaker said that consequently, Kenyans are very likely to back the BBI report, despite the opposition it is facing from a section of politicians.
"The handshake cant fail because the nine listed issues are included in the constitution. The two are speaking on implementing the constitution (Handshake haiwezi fail, yale mambo tisa yaliyoorodheshwa na hawa wawili ni yale yaliongelewa kwa katiba. Yako kwa katiba, hawa wanaongelea kutekeleza katiba)" he said.
Kioni made the remarks on Radio Jambo's Mazungumzo Waziwazi show on Wednesday night.
He threw his weight behind the push for changes, expressing support for a constitutional amendment to have the second runners up in presidential elections to be given a role in Parliament.
He stressed on the need for all Kenyans to feel like they are somehow in power, contrary to the current situation where the second runners up is leading his people from outside government.
"We want the second person to lead their battalion from either the National Assembly or Senate. We must all feel included in Kenya (Tunataka number two aje aongoze batallion yake bungeni ama Senate. Hii Kenya lazima tukae ndani wote)," he added.