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Beyond Removing One President: Why Kenya’s 2027 Election Must Deliver Constitutional Recovery.
A commentary published by The Kenya Times argues that Kenya's 2027 general election must deliver constitutional recovery rather than simply the removal of a president.
Background
Arguments about constitutional recovery in Kenya usually point to the same set of concerns: the implementation of the two-thirds gender rule, the independence of appointments to constitutional commissions, the handling of public participation in law-making, the fiscal relationship between national and county government, and the treatment of court orders by the executive. The case being made is that these are structural questions that survive a change of president, and that an election which only changes the occupant of an office leaves them untouched.
Why it matters here
For Kibra the structural questions are the ones that determine service delivery. Whether the county receives and spends its equitable share, whether public participation on a county budget is real, and whether a court order on evictions is obeyed, all matter more to a household here than the identity of the president. The record of the past decade suggests residents have most often been failed by the implementation gap rather than by the text of the Constitution.
What to watch next
Whether any of these questions feature in party manifestos, what the courts do with the pending constitutional cases, and whether Parliament acts on the outstanding implementation items.
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A commentary published by The Kenya Times argues that Kenya’s 2027 general election must deliver constitutional recovery rather than simply the removal of a president.
Background
Arguments about constitutional recovery in Kenya usually point to the same set of concerns: the implementation of the two-thirds gender rule, the independence of appointments to constitutional commissions, the handling of public participation in law-making, the fiscal relationship between national and county government, and the treatment of court orders by the executive. The case being made is that these are structural questions that survive a change of president, and that an election which only changes the occupant of an office leaves them untouched.
Why it matters here
For Kibra the structural questions are the ones that determine service delivery. Whether the county receives and spends its equitable share, whether public participation on a county budget is real, and whether a court order on evictions is obeyed, all matter more to a household here than the identity of the president. The record of the past decade suggests residents have most often been failed by the implementation gap rather than by the text of the Constitution.
What to watch next
Whether any of these questions feature in party manifestos, what the courts do with the pending constitutional cases, and whether Parliament acts on the outstanding implementation items.
