Uasin Gishu Woman Representative Gladys Boss Shollei has faulted those calling for a referendum as the best implementation avenue for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) constitutional amendment proposals.
A section of opposition politicians and their colleagues from the President Uhuru Kenyatta-led side of the government have settled on the popular vote as the way to go in making the changes, proposed by the BBI and politicians.
But Shollei says that none of the report's suggestions requires a referendum, and the fact that some people are pushing for a referendum is worrying.
“There is nothing in the BBI that requires a referendum and so how one decides that there is going to be a referendum is a bit worrying, " she said on Daybreak show on Tuesday.
Shollei is among a section of Jubilee Party members who have been of the idea that the report should be quickly and cheaply implemented through the parliament.
She pointed out that not even the creation of new executive positions or the proposed health commission require a referendum.
"Not even creating the position of Prime Minister requires a referendum. Even the issue of establishing a new commission does not require a referendum I have looked at the BBI and I am sure that it doesn't require a referendum, " she added.
The same has been the position of the majority of politicians allied to Deputy President William Ruto, who have insisted that the Parliament is the best avenue to implement the proposals.
However, the suggestion has been opposed by the other side, with President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga too stating that a referendum is the best option.