These changes included: changing the structure of the state from a federal, or Majimbo system, to a unitary system; creating a unicameral instead of bicameral legislature; changing from a parliamentary to a semi-presidential system with a powerful presidency; and reducing the protections of the bill of rights.
Further amendments to the constitution were later effected, including, in , the institution of a de jure single party government. The demand for a new constitution to replace the text with a more democratic system began in the early s, with the end of the Cold War and democratic changes taking place elsewhere in Africa. The single party system was ended in , and the first presidential election took place in Calls for a comprehensive review of the Constitution intensified in the late s and early s, helped by the victory of the opposition National Rainbow Coalition NARC party in the general elections.
Official and civil society consultation processes led to the adoption of what became known as the "Bomas draft" constitution after the location of the conference that adopted it. However, substantial amendments were nonetheless made to this draft prior to a referendum in , resulting in a split in the then ruling coalition. The review of the Constitution stalled and negotiations over the adoption of a new text seemed deadlocked. A deadlock only finally broken by the intervention of the African Union through a mediation team headed by Kofi Annan, following the outbreak of serious post-election violence in early Get your copy of the historic Kenya Constitution today.
Tracing the trajectory of postcolonial politics, Makau Mutua maps the political forces that have shaped contemporary Kenya. He also critically explores efforts on the part of both civil society and the political opposition to reform the state. Analyzing the tortuous efforts since independence to create a sustainable, democratic state, he uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window for understanding the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society.
A Book by Law Society of Kenya. A Book by Kenneth B. The demand for a new constitution to replace the text with a more democratic system began in the early s, with the end of the Cold War and democratic changes taking place elsewhere in Africa.
The single party system was ended in , and the first presidential election took place in Calls for a comprehensive review of the Constitution intensified in the late s and early s, helped by the victory of the opposition National Rainbow Coalition NARC party in the general elections.
Official and civil society consultation processes led to the adoption of what became known as the "Bomas draft" constitution after the location of the conference that adopted it.
However, substantial amendments were nonetheless made to this draft prior to a referendum in , resulting in a split in the then ruling coalition. The review of the Constitution stalled and negotiations over the adoption of a new text seemed deadlocked. A deadlock only finally broken by the intervention of the African Union through a mediation team headed by Kofi Annan, following the outbreak of serious post-election violence in early Get your copy of the historic Kenya Constitution today.
These hallmarks include the concept of separation of powers; the doctrine of the rule of law; constitutionalism and human rights.
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