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The good, the bad and the ugly of seven years under new Constitution

Former President Mwai kibaki lifts up new Constitution. (Photo:File)

After decades of searching, a quest for which several Kenyans paid with their lives, the country finally got a new Constitution on August 27, 2010. With opinion sharply divided on whether Kenya is the better with the new laws, we take a look back at the moment former President Mwai Kibaki lifted it aloft at Uhuru Park, the very moment that heralded the dawn for a new Kenya.

At Uhuru Park grounds seven years ago on this date, Kenyans were exuberant, united and full of hope for the Constitution they were promulgating on that day.

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