Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary-General Francis Atwoli was on Wednesday treated to embarrassment after he was booed by leaders attending the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) launch at the Bomas of Kenya.
The vocal trade unionist was among leaders who were given a chance to speak during the function, which was presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
However, he found himself in trouble when he faulted the suggestions of the report, instead proposing an expansion of the executive to house more individuals.
“On the Executive, we would need to do some amendments. The President should have two deputies and should have the powers to appoint a prime minister. The prime minister should equally have two deputies,” he said.
As it is, the BBI report only suggests the introduction of Prime Minister post, who will not be a part of the Executive but rather the head of Parliament.
The suggestions were also slightly faulted by former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, who called for a review of the mode of picking the Prime Minister.
He called upon Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji-led taskforce to make it easy for the person who will be president to go about the exercise, terming it too complex as it is.
"From what I have seen on the President appointing a prime minister, you make it so difficult for whoever would be President to appoint a prime minister. The absolute majority, if they can’t get that he has to go back to the drawing board and get a new name,” he said.
Atwoli's fate would also befall Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen moments later, who was forced to endure similar treatment.
This is after the Elgeyo Marakwet Senator openly criticized Master of Ceremony of the Day Junet Mohammed for allegedly being partisan, which did not go down well with the leaders.
An openly angry Murkomen later declared war on everyone by insisting that he must be heard before Haji came to his rescue and pleaded with the attendees to hear him out.