Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju has explained why the ruling party distanced itself from the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) push before the release of the BBI report.
It is worth noting that the party never handed its views to the BBI task-force, as it crisscrossed the country collecting views from Kenyans on the constitutional changes they want.
He said the party opted to keep off, to avoiding creating claims that its suggestions influenced BBI's final recommendations.
"It was very important that we kept some distance from the BBI report. Any position I'd take would be conflated as a Jubilee Party position," he said on K24 on Sunday night.
Regarding the BBI report implementation, Tuju said Kenya has a Constitution which provides clear guidelines on constitutional amendments.
"The Constitution states clearly what can be amended through a referendum and what can be amended through Parliament. It is not up to me as individual to say," he added.
This comes at a time when the party is divided, with some members saying that the document should be approved through the Parliament, which is quick and cheaper.
However, another group is of the opinion that it should be taken back to Kenyans through a referendum, adding that a few MPs cannot be allowed to decide for millions of Kenyans on such a sensitive issue.