The ongoing talk about a looming constitutional amendment is deeper than most Kenyans might think.
It is a scheme between the nation's top leaders and former leaders and has been left in the hands of President Uhuru Kenyatta and is partially aimed at trampling on Deputy President William Ruto's 2022 presidential ambition.
Contrary to the ongoing suspicions that it is opposition leader Raila Odinga's brainchild, it seeks to benefit former Presidents Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki whose political relevance is on the merge of collapsing.
Having been endorsed and groomed by Moi before becoming President, Uhuru will be a bad man should he not give back and allow Ruto to continue overlooking the retired head of state's son and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, a situation that will obviously worsen should Ruto ascend to Presidency.
He is, therefore, silently out to ensure that the executive is expanded to allow for the inclusion of Gideon in a move that will also see him get closer to the top post, as a gratitude token to the older Moi.
With Mwai Kibaki having no representative in elective politics currently but would obviously like one of his family members to hold a post that could see another of his kind take over as President some day, the plan is to see his son Jimmy Kibaki allocated one of the many executive slots that will be established should the referendum pass.
Odinga, on the other hand, has no hand in the push but is being expected to take over the ceremonial Presidential seat to calm down pressure from his Luo Nyanza supporters who are growing tired of his many unsuccessful shots at the post.
It is also a scheme to reward the Odinga family which has been very vibrant in the political arena, with the planners also aware that they cannot beat Ruto who has since opposed the move alone and will need the former Prime Minister who can single-handedly deliver support of his entire Luo Nyanza bedrock and parts of the Coast, Western and North Eastern regions.
Should the plan work out, the referendum will be inevitable.