Jubilee Coalition is currently exploring a raft of options to prevent a referendum on constitutional amendments by a popular initiative. This comes amidst the growing momentum for a national referendum championed by the opposition.
Part of Jubilee's strategy includes owning the referendum process once the opposition finishes collecting the million signatures required to trigger the public vote.
Jubilee, alarmed by the appeal the plebiscite bid has attracted, is scheming to endorse the opposition referendum bill in Parliament to quash what could be a grueling political battle between the government and the opposition.
Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki said that if both Houses approved the Bill with a two-thirds majority, then the President would have to assent to it without subjecting it to a referendum vote thereby denying CORD the popularity vote. Jubilee, is exploring this option if Cord marshals the support of at least 24 county assemblies.
Majority Leader Adan Duale has revealed that Jubilee was also readying itself for a referendum, saying that they could introduce new questions.
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