How Kenya measured up this year against the Constitution

Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Irungu Houghton. [Fidelis Kabunyi, Standard]

As the sun sets for the last time this year, 56 million Kenyans, 47 + 1 governments just received their 2022 report card. How did the 59-year-old student Kenya perform against the standards contained in the Kenyan Constitution this year?

Despite a decade of laws, policies and experiences at national and county levels, student Kenya's interest and confidence in public participation is waning. 4.5 million students called in sick rather than register to vote during the 2022 General Elections. A further 8 million played truant, skipped the most important civics class of all and left 233,000 voters to choose the fifth Presidency.