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How new push to change constitution echoes the flopped BBI initiative

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga sign a form during the BBI launch at the KICC in Nairobi in November 2020. [PPS]

To change, or not to change, the Constitution? A question that gripped the public's imagination before appearing to be dead and buried with the failure of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is once again making waves.

Recent proposals to amend the supreme law mirror several attempts that were made to change the independence constitution, which led to promulgation of the 2010 Constitution.

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