Constitutional law expert Yash Pal Ghai has doubted chances of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) delivering a shift to a parliamentary system as is being pushed by some politicians.
The United Nations Constitutional Advisory Support Unit head says since the report retains the current presidential system, it cannot be used to achieve a different goal.
He says that since the BBI taskforce retained a president elected by Kenyans, and who will pick the holder of the proposed Prime Minister slot, things are likely to remain as they are.
"I am not convinced that the document will achieve a parliamentary system. One does not know what they are doing. You have a President and then you also have a Prime Minister," he said on K24's Punchline on Sunday night.
He also noted that the parliamentary system remains largely unpopular, another reason why it might not be achieved.
According to Ghai, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga's lone support for the system will not see its establishment.
"At the very moment for there is little regard for the parliamentary system. But Raila for a long time has been a supporter of the parliamentary system," he added.
Though it does not touch on the things he has been pushing for, including the parliamentary system, the introduction of an executive Prime Minister and a 3-tier government, Raila has since declared his full support for the document.
The only reservation he has raised is the document being passed through the Parliament. The former Prime Minister has instead proposed that it be taken through a referendum.