Deputy President William Ruto is not among the leaders lined up to speak during the launch of the referendum Bill and national signature collection drive.
This is according to the programme of the event being held today at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.
Already behind schedule, guests were expected to be seated at the KICC COMESA grounds by 9:30 am.
At 10 am, President Uhuru Kenyatta and the First Lady Margaret Kenyatta were to be escorted by Nairobi Regional Commissioner James Kianda to the venue.
The ceremony is expected to begin with both the National and East African community anthem whereafter there will be prayers.
Thereafter, a video presentation and signature ceremony are to follow.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will be the first to sign to the BBI form in the format that was okayed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) yesterday.
Raila appending of the signature will be followed by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Speeches will then follow with Raila Odinga taking to the podium and thereafter inviting the president to make his address.
President Uhuru Kenyatta is then expected to present the BBI booklets to the regional coordinators.
A national Anthem will cap the event.
The launch of the signature collection was initially scheduled for Thursday last week but was postponed, with the Secretariat citing late completion and publication of The Constitution Amendment Bill 2020 by the Government Printer.
BBI Secretariat team led by Junet Mohamed and Dennis Waweru has set its eyes on achieving at least four million signatures within one week after the launch.
The launch, got a green light yesterday after Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) approved the proposed format for the collection of signatures.
According to the proposed format, a registered voter will have to fill in their name, identity or passport number, county, constituency, ward, polling station, mobile number, an email address and a signature or thumbprint.
Raila, a proponent of the BBI, has defended the push to amend the 2010 Constitution saying it is a key to address challenges facing the people.
Even with critics calling for a consensus on BBI, the former prime minister has held the opinion that a non-contested referendum is not a possibility in any system of governance saying it would be needless to go to the poll having struck a middle ground.
Religious leaders and Deputy President William Ruto are among prominent voices which had called for a further review of the BBI report.
Among the contentious issues include; appointment of Judiciary Ombudsman by the Executive, singling out the proposed creation of a Police Council and the involvement of dominant political parties in the appointment of IEBC commissioners.
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