Avoid errors of past review team

A fresh Transparency International Kenya opinion poll, conducted in conjunction with National Council of Churches of Kenya, shows public scepticism on the ability of the Grand Coalition to deliver reforms remains undiminished.

Few expect this Government to deliver a new constitution in one year as promised, despite the creation of a Committee of Experts to thrash out ‘contentious issues’ and come up with a universally acceptable draft. Given their experience with the Bomas process, the majority of respondents see political interference in the constitutional review as the greatest challenge — not, as one might think, an inability to bridge the gap between opposing views on various issues. When it comes to deciding how to structure the Executive, share State power, decentralise the Government and so on, the team led by Senior Counsel Nzamba Kitonga should not make the mistakes of their predecessors: Inferring extreme positions from generalised views.