The Mt Kenya region has presented a 10-point demand to the Building Bridges Initiative task force.
Nyandarua Governor Francis Kimemia read the resolutions during a BBI rally at Kinoru Stadium in Meru on Saturday. Kimemia is the chairman of the Mt Kenya governors' caucus.
They are:
- Agriculture : Allocation of at least 30 per cent of national revenue to support agriculture.
- Sharing of resources: Principle of allocation of revenue; one man, one vote, one shilling.
- Devolution: Not less than 45 per cent be allocated to counties.
- Creation of county ward development funds: At least 30 per cent of county allocation to go to Ward Development Fund.
- Fifty per cent of County Ward Development Fund ring-fenced for youths to support and empower them. De-listing of youths under 35 per cent from CRB.
- Introduction of proportion representation system in the most effective means of overachieving the quality of the vote. Implementation of the two-thirds gender rule
- National ethos: No Kenyans should be victimised or considered an outsider in his/her own country. All Kenyans should be projected in their pursuit of prosperity.
- Creation of an inclusive executive consisting of president, deputy president, Prime Minister, two deputy Prime Ministers. Formation of a national council that will also include a Chief Justice.
- Allocation of five per cent of all public appointments to people living with disability.
- Support the decision of Uhuru to build bridges through the BBI.
