Former deputy speaker of the national assembly Farah Maalim has poked holes into the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, doubting its ability to deliver the preferred results.
In an opinion article on the Star, Friday, the former National Assembly Deputy Speaker pointed out that the report, in its current state, cannot address the main issue of exclusivity.
He says that instead of tackling the same, the report has made weak proposals which still leave the county in the same place it was before.
"The Prime Minister office they have proposed is borrowed from the Tanzanian model and will not resolve the issue of exclusion because the PM will still be an appointee of the President and most likely will come from a party that will form the government," he says.
He also notes that it has failed to address matters to do with the current winner-takes-it-all system, lack of national ethos, tribalism and the troublesome corruption menace.
The politician opines that the document does not address the issue of the country's financial and economic problems, taming the government's appetite for loans and the growing unemployment.
The Wiper Deputy Party Leader is also of the idea that the fate of the document cannot be decided by the parliament, but must be handed over to the public for a referendum.
"In essence, this report should be relooked at and Kenyans given an opportunity to make further suggestions on what should be amended," reads the article.
This comes amid a face-off between forces allied to ODM leader Raila Odinga and those of Deputy President William Ruto on the direction the nation should take after the BBI release.
While Raila and team want it taken to the people, Ruto and company are of the idea that that scrutiny of the document is best left to the parliament henceforth.