[Stafford Ondego, Standard]The scramble for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report has begun in earnest, with various groups seeking consensus and hoping to reap big from its implementation. In what is akin to horse-trading, unions, regional blocks, civil society and other interest groups are placing their bets on BBI goodies after Monday’s launch. The BBI proposes to increase revenue allocation to counties from current 15 to 35 per cent. According to Mr Oparanya, the county chiefs will discuss devolution as provided for in the BBI report. Other groups angling to take a position on BBI include women leaders, lawyers, youth groups and regional blocs.

Source: Standard Digital October 29, 2020 04:01 UTC