The Quakers, or Friends Church, has said it will oppose BBI if the door is slammed on further discussion and amendment.
"Kenya is not competing with anyone to amend the Constitution. We should take our time and do the right thing and include all stakeholders countrywide," Bainito Wamalwa, presiding clerk of the Africa section, said
He said on Saturday afternoon in Vihiga that the Constitution is framed and amended for the citizens, therefore, proper civic education is needed.
"People must understand the report, it must not be imposed upon them," Wamalwa said.
The Constitution is not the Bible, Wamalwa said.
"It can be amended at any time when the need arises, but not in a hurried way and leaving others out, as is being done at the moment.
"That’s like opening windows for chaos in this country."
He was speaking in Vihiga county where he paid a visit to Deputy Governor Patrick Saisi, who is also a Quaker.
Other Quakers present were former Vihiga assembly Majority leader David Mwenesi, former leader of the Minority and current MCA for Mungoma Ombajo Masini.
"We want a document that will unite the entire country and not divide it as we are seeing it now," presiding clerk Wamalwa said.
"The country is already divided as per now and this is a bad indicator to us that we need to bring all people together, even the minority as well," he said.
Meantime, Muslims from various organisations, on Sunday harshly criticised the BBI document, saying it gives too much power to the president, creating an "imperial presidency".
They called on President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM chief Raila Odinga to completely call off the referendum.
They said the document lacks crucial reforms and rolls back gains the country made in the 2010 Constitution.
Muslim clerics said it was wrong to hold a referendum when the county is battling the Covid-19 pandemic. They called the move "both ill-advised and suspect.
“We are not in the moral state, we are not in the mental state, neither are we in the financial state to go for a referendum. Please, postpone this thing. Let’s us address the Covid-19 issue,” National Muslim Leaders Forum chairman Abdullahi Abdi said on Sunday.
Deputy Governor Saisi said the Education CS and central government should keep schools closed to give teachers peace of mind.
"We have over 16 teachers dead but students are well. Why keep them in school to die?" he asked.
(Edited by V. Graham)
