Radical surgery on National Assembly and Senate committees is in the offing as President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga lay the ground for smooth implementation of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report.

The four-hour meeting was held at Orange House, with party insiders saying Mr Kenyatta and the ODM chief are keen on taking complete control of the two Houses in implementing their agenda.

Those who attended the meeting, which started at 2.30pm and ended at about 6pm were Senate Minority Leader James Orengo, his National Assembly counterpart John Mbadi, Minority Whip Junet Mohamed and ODM head of political affairs and Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi.

"We have a party and ODM is the minority in the National Assembly and the Senate and so we are playing our role as required.

The committee is made up of the party leader, ODM chairman and his two deputies, national organising secretary, youth affairs secretary, women affairs secretary and secretary of parliamentary affairs.