Since independence, Kenya has had inter-community conflicts, with politics recurrently marred with electoral violence. Tribal alliances and political parties are largely based on ethnic regions. By large all this makes Kenya a complex, fraught and divided society. It is upon this background that the 2010 Constitution was promulgated.
The process of implementation was elaborated and provided for in the sixth schedule of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. The Constitutional Implementation Commission (CIC) was duly tasked with ensuring full implementation.