Constitution at 14: It may be time to amend law, but it won't be easy ride

Late President Kibaki displays the Constitution during the promulgation of the new constitution at the Uhuru Park grounds in the capital Nairobi. [Reuters]

As the 2010 constitution turned 14 this week since its promulgation by the late President Mwai Kibaki, questions have been raised over the commitment of the last and current governments to fully implement it.

Debate is also raging on whether it should be amended or not after previous attempts to change it some articles through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga failed.

Another effort from the Third Way Alliance Party led by Ekuru Aukot also flopped and a similar fate appears to have befallen proposals made by the recently concluded National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) that was co-chaired by Kalonzo Musyoka and Kimani Iching’wah.