The electoral commission could conclude signature verification drive in two weeks, the Star has established. They are sorting, scrutinising, verifying and authenticating the list of registered voters backing the BBI referendum bill. Proponents of the Building Bridges Initiative submitted 4.4 million signatures to the IEBC. The Constitution does not limit the signature verification period but provides that county assemblies must pass or reject the bill within three months after the IEBC submits the proposed law to them. The BBI secretariat co-chaired by Dennis Weweru and Junet Mohamed, had asked the IEBC to expedite signature verification, saying much of the data clean up had been done by their staff.

Source: The Star January 06, 2021 03:33 UTC