Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya has faulted the extension of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce term, following its expiry last month.

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The team's tenure lapsed after the launch of the BBI report but was on Wednesday reappointed to lead the public participation of the recommendations in the report.

The same was done by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, who founded the BBI alongside Uhuru and Oparanya's boss at the helm of ODM.

In what appears as a contradiction to a move enjoying Raila's backing, the ODM Deputy Party Leader argues that the two should have brought onboard a new team to handle the remaining part of the constitutional amendment push.

"The team has done its work. Preferably, a team of lawyers should have been given the work to do the validation and the time pegged to two months. The lawyers should advise on the areas of the constitution that require changes and the views put together," as quoted by the standard.

According to him, the remainder of the job should be left for lawyers, whom he wants to identify the areas that need changes, and a period of two months issued for the same.

The Council of Governors (CoG) Chair suggests that the recommendations from lawyers and those in the report can then be combined and an agreement on what needs to be changed arrived at.