Eti CORD would have avoided the aibu of OKOA kenya signature mess by simply going through article 256 and not the popular-driven article 257...eti at the end of the day they pass through the same approval process in the final stages,the parliament.

I beg to differ.

Though @baba read it for me (and I still voted NO for it by the way), my understanding is this:

Article 256:
If parliament refuses to pass the Bill, then its dead and burried.
And by the way if parliament passes the Bill, it will still be subjected to the referendum if the Bill to amend the Constitution proposes an amendment
relating to a matter mentioned in Article 255 (1).

Article 257:
If parliament fails to pass the Bill, then its subjected to the people through referendum by force.

So a referendum was unavoidable in either of the routes (256 or 257), but in one route, the tyranny of fools could stifle the process while the other it was left to the people to decide.

#Wapi @maka, @mukiha and the 2pm gang?

Avoiding the signature mess may be having nothing to do with the constitution but with the quality of political action that the party engages in.

It seems the connection between the masses and the leadership is weak and relies on appearance than real and collective action.