Plans for BBI Referendum are No More, Says IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati
We have not commenced any preparations for the BBI referendum in compliance with a court order, IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati has said.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
Speaking in Nairobi on Monday, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati said the commission was waiting for the decision of the Court of Appeal that will be delivered on August 20, 2021.
The High Court annulled the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum process on May 13 throwing the future of the initiative into uncertainty.
A bench comprising Justices Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Jairus Ngaah, Teresia Matheka, and Chacha Mwita upheld a consolidated case by eight petitioners.
A bench comprising Justices Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Jairus Ngaah, Teresia Matheka, and Chacha Mwita upheld a consolidated case by eight petitioners.
The High Court held that the BBI secretariat and steering committee failed to provide critical information to the public as outlined in the procedures to amend the constitution through a popular initiative.
The Court also observed that the President cannot initiate a process to change the constitution in the pretext of promoting national unity.
