For one, the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has the opportunity to offer us a roadmap from ethnic majoritarianism (winner-take-all system) to a parliamentary system with proportional representation. Kenya’s 2017 election raised questions about elections in Africa generally and whether they were a force for political stability or instability. In the 2007 General Elections, Kenya at the brink of civil war, saw feuding candidates President Mwai Kibaki and Honourable Raila Odinga come to the table out of necessity. Cases around the world have shown is that the parliamentary system offers a move toward less centralized politics. Uhuru Kenyatta’s heritage has been fearless, and can be bold still, if he ushers us into a proportionally represented parliamentary system.

Source: The Star July 04, 2020 08:37 UTC