Have Kenyans gained enough in the Constitution since its inception ten years ago?
Ken Amondi, An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya-Photo Courtesy By Dickson Odhiambo August 27, 2020 Have Kenyans gained enough in the Constitution since its inception ten years ago? KENYANS ushered in the new Constitution on August 27, 2010 and today the country marks exactly ten years since the document was promulgated on that day after being voted overwhelmingly during the National Referendum that was held on August 4, 2010. The new Constitution did away with the old one which emphatically had the issue of Imperial Presidency at heart with so much immense powers where two Presidents namely Kenya’s Founding Father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi ruled with serious iron feast under this constitution. Both have since died with Kenyatta passing on in August 1978 and Moi having his final bow this year in February. Kenya’s third President Mwai Kibaki ruled under the old constitution during his first term in office from December 30, 2002 to December...