Editor's Review

The Thursday assembly meeting degenerated into chaos after a clash between KANU and Jubilee MCAs over the bill. 

Baringo County Assembly has become the first county to reject the Building Bridges Initiative Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2020.

Reports indicate that MCAs voted overwhelmingly to reject the BBI bill with 30 voting No while 11 Yes. 

The Thursday assembly debate degenerated into chaos after a clash between KANU and Jubilee MCAs over the bill. 

In a video that has since gone viral on social media, two MCAs are seen in a fistfight before their colleagues intervened and separated them. 

Reports also indicate that teargas was lobbed into the assembly, forcing the legislators to scamper for safety.

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On the other hand, three counties in ODM leader Raila Odinga's backyard have already passed the BBI bill: Homa Bay, Siaya, and Kisumu. 

The bill needs the support of at least 24 county assemblies before it can be tabled at the National Assembly.

Here is the video: