Politicians may not have a direct role in drafting the anticipated Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum bill should the process yield one. The CIOC chaired by Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni has proposed this in further amendments to the Referendum Bill, 2020 - due for second reading. A petition challenging the outcome of a referendum vote will be dispensed in 60 days and not the six months stated in the Bill. MPs have also relaxed the earlier proposal for IEBC to declare referendum results in 48 hours and increased the same to seven days. Petitions challenging the outcome will now be filed in 28 days and not the 21 days that was spelt out in the Referendum Bill, 2020.

Source: The Star September 23, 2020 20:03 UTC