A lobby group has proposed constitutional amendments that will see leaders who find themselves in the opposition after presidential elections accommodated in parliament.
Presenting its proposals to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce on Thursday, Tuinuke Initiative suggested that top contenders in the opposition be nominated to parliament.
Through its chair Wambui Nyutu, the organization proposed changes that will see the first runners up in presidential polls nominated to leader of minority in the National Assembly.
Similarly, according to the group, the running mate of the second person in the presidential contest will be nominated to the senate as the minority boss in the legislative house.
In the session at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC), Tuinuke Initiative also proposed the allocation of national resource funds directly to the wards, as the most effective way of combating poverty in the counties.
“We contend that poverty is a key issue affecting Kenyans and this creates need to embrace strategies about the national distribution of resources.
Currently, the constitution determines poverty index on the county level and thus, not fully addressing the data in the wards. It is more reasonable and better if poverty was assessed in wards instead of counties to ensure equitable distribution of resources,” it said.
The organization which also stressed on the reduction of counties to reduce the current high wage bill rooted for more allocations to cosmopolitan destinations, including Nairobi.
It observed that the capital city and the likes having it harder operating with the limited funds channelled to them currently, considering that they host more persons compared to the others.
"The case of Nairobi is peculiar as it hosts increased day time population who retire to their dormitory counties at night. We feel that there should be a parameter to provide funding for these unique situations," said Nyutu, a former University of Nairobi student leader.
While the task force has been crisscrossing the nation in search of Kenyans opinions that could help better the nation going forward, some political players from the opposition have predicted a referendum as its final result.
It was compiled by President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga after their 2018 truce, to look into and recommend solutions to the nation's recurrent post-election wrangles and electoral injustice problems.