Proposed New Constitution

The AG Hon. Amos Wako has finally published the proposed new constitution. This means the door to any amendments before the referendum is firmly shut. What remains now is for the 10 millions plus registered voters to determine whether 40 millions kenyans will get a new constitution or not.

Although Kenyans today are more informed than any other generation that existed before, thanks to Hon. Mutai Kagwe and PS Bitange Ndemo who have contributed greatly to the growth of ICT in Kenya, it is disappointing that only 10 m kenyans created time to register as voters. Yes the IIEC has hit its target but why should a quarter of a population determine the future of the rest of the population.

Well, if you never registered you have more two days to go.

By publishing the proposed new constitution (its no longer a draft), the AG has officially handed the button to the CoE to embark on civic education for 30 days. One can only hope that the civic education will help kenyans to make an informed decision on the referendum day rather convincing kenyans that all hope for a new constitution is lost if they dont accept the baby that the CoE has midwifed.

A consitution is full of legal jargon, a comma to the man on the street means nothing except pause and take a breath but to a lawyer it can mean anything that his client wishes it to be. It is time for the CoE to candidly and objectively demistify the commas and the full stops in the proposed constitution. Are they equal to the task? Time will tell.