Why Kenyans should reject latest round of proposed constitutional changes
KENYA'S Building Bridges Initiative, which seeks sweeping amendments to the 2010 Constitution, is driven by a pact between President Uhuru Kenyatta and a seasoned opposition stalwart turned governmentally, Raila Odinga. The proposed amendments target at least 13 of the 18 chapters in the Constitution. DR WESTEN K SHILAHO, SARChI, African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg The pact, sealed with a handshake in March 2018, followed shortly after yet another acrimonious presidential election which had pitted the two against each other. Previous elite pacts have never enhanced Kenya’s democracy. The ostensible goal of the Building Bridges Initiative is to…