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Public buy-in key to sound policy and real growth

Activist Julius Kamau being thrown out of an IEBC meeting at a city hotel, June 29, 2022. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

One of the defining characters of the 2010 Constitution was its central placement of public participation between state and society.

Article 1(2) spells out that sovereign power belongs to the people and may be exercised directly or indirectly through their representatives.

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