Thirdway Alliance Secretary-General Frederick Okango has once again taken a swipe at the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), terming it unconstitutional and illegal.
This comes at a time when the Thirdway Alliance party is pushing for constitutional amendments, with the BBI taskforce also likely to propose a separate referendum.
Asked about his expectations from the 14-member taskforce which is expected to announce its findings before August, Okango said that he doesn't even recognise the team.
He noted that amending the law doesn't involve the creation of a reconciliatory team, observing that legal procedures were ignored in the formation of the task force.
"I don't like commenting about the BBI because nowhere in the law does it say you need to form a reconciliatory taskforce to amend the constitution (Mara mingi sipendi kuongelea BBI kwa sababu ukiangalia kanuni za kubadilisha katiba hakuna pahali inasema lazima ufanye jopo la maridhiano)," said Okango.
He made the remarks on Radio Maisha's Bunge La Maisha show on Tuesday morning.
The team is compiled of members picked by President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to cement their March 9, 2018 handshake which materialised in a truce.
He said that his party's 'Punguza Mizigo' push is well on course, adding that they are waiting for approval from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Friday, regarding the 1.4 million signatures presented to the commission.
Okango said that its not their plan to subject the nation to a costly referendum, but observed that the government can handle it should it get to that.
"It's not a must that we use a lot of money, but there is the supplementary budget should politics interfere (Sio lazima tutumie pesa nyingi lakini kama mivutano ya kisiasa itakuwemo kuna ile supplementary budget)," he added.