President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday, November 27, presided over the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report at Bomas of Kenya.
However, the much-anticipated document has attracted criticism from a section of legislators, who questioned the leadership structure proposed in the report.
Narok Senator, Ledama ole Kina speaking to Citizen TV, expressed his displeasure with the power granted to the Presidency as portrayed by the proposal.
"I am very sad. What gives me a little hope is that that's not the final report. The report is flawed," Ledama stated.
"We moved away from the dictatorial times, they stated that are creating the position of an imperial president, who will, in turn, appoint the prime minister, what is the difference with what we have right now with the majority leader? " he questioned.
The ODM senator reiterated that he had felt betrayed by the report on in regards to devolution, especially after the BBI taskforce went around the country engaging with leaders and members of the public alike.
"You are talking about devolution, that you want to take money to the grassroots but you don't include the Senate, that's absolute hypocrisy," Ledama opined.
"You have to figure out the institutions created and support them. Let the Senate be granted enough power, let it be the upper house so as to enable it function," he added.
The legislator urged Kenyans to take their time and carefully review the amendments suggested in the report.
In his address, Ledama echoed Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen and ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi, who had earlier stated that the report had not addressed a number of other issues affecting the country.
"The report is skewed, even the people who spoke there, minority communities from this country were not represented, Murkomen spoke only because he is the Senate majority leader, it was skewed," he maintained.
"Before the people vote on the BBI, let us debate, let us engage so as to make an informed decision," he added.
The Narok legislator criticised Tanzania's Foreign Affairs Minister Palamagamba Kabudi following his speech at the event.
"I sat there being lectured by a minister from Tanzania, a country where people don't have the freedom, I am very sad," Ledama concluded.
