One of the most notable proposals put forward by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report is the creation of a Prime Minister's post.
The BBI report proposes that the Prime Minister be nominated by the President from among members of the National Assembly and the appointment approved by the same House.
The PM's role, according to the BBI report, shall be to control and supervise execution of day-to-day affairs of the national government as well as lead government business in Parliament.
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And in line with President Uhuru Kenyatta's wish to end the culture of winner-take-all politics, the BBI team proposes creation of the office of the leader of Opposition who shall be an ex-official Member of Parliament.
Further, following the failed experimentation of only having technocrats as Cabinet secretaries, the BBI team also proposes allowing the President power to appoint some members of Parliament as Ministers of State to assist Cabinet Ministers in their work at the National Assembly.
But the presidential system of government remains, led by a President and Deputy President.
IEBC reforms
To avoid the undermining of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission's chairman by the secretariat, BBI team proposes making the chairperson double up as the chief executive officer.
In addition, the BBI team proposes opening up the chairman's role to other professions instead of just lawyers.
And to ensure that politicians — who are key stakeholders in the electoral process — stop undermining the electoral commission, the BBI team proposes giving leaders of political parties a role in the recruitment of IEBC commissioners.
Counties
The team proposes that retaining the 47 counties but increasing allocation of funds to at least 35 percent of the last audited accounts.
In a radical shift to ensure gender representation in powerful positions in the counties, the BBI team proposes that every candidate for the position of Governor should be of the opposite gender.
