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Constitution at 14: It may be time to amend law, but it won't be easy ride

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Late President Kibaki displays the Constitution during the promulgation of the new constitution at the Uhuru Park grounds in the capital Nairobi. [Reuters]

As the 2010 constitution turned 14 this week since its promulgation by the late President Mwai Kibaki, questions have been raised over the commitment of the last and current governments to fully implement it.

Debate is also raging on whether it should be amended or not after previous attempts to change it some articles through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga failed.

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