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Role of the people in constitution-making

Former President Mwai Kibaki during the inauguration of the 2010 constitution. [Courtesy]

Independent Kenya’s original constitution was a product of the Lancaster House negotiations between the British Empire and Kenyan representatives. 

Like other former colonies in Africa, Kenya soon embarked on a process of constitutional amendments that at the time seemed necessary to realise full self-governance and sovereignty.

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