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Six years of robust 'literature constitution'

USA ambassador Robert Godec narrate a poem to school children during Storymoja festival at the Kenya National Library Services Nakuru branch

It was a chilly morning that day six years ago as Kenyans trooped to Uhuru Park to watch patriots, led by then President Kibaki and premier Raila Odinga, promulgate the Katiba mpya.

To “promulgate,” by the way, is a verb meaning to declare, decree or disseminate news or a cause to the general public. And no cause, after the Independence and the multi-party one, has been fought for so hard as the 2010 Constitution we now enjoy.

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