Civic education key to informed vote

The world watched the historic independence referendum in Scotland last week when Scots decided by a majority vote that they did not desire to break away from the United Kingdom.

In August 2010, the people of Kenya were called upon to decide in a referendum whether to adopt a Proposed Constitution which had been passed by the Kenyan Parliament. The majority of Kenyans voted in favour of the new Constitution and it became law. South Sudan was born after a referendum, and Zanzibar avidly followed the Scottish separatist vote as it is toying with the idea of breaking away from Tanzania.