Kenya retains the constitution left to it by the British. On August 4th they vote for the 2nd time on a new constitution. Funny enough, i was here for the first vote in 2005.
Polls have the Yes vote, whose color is green, ahead with 65% of the vote, over the No vote, whose color is red. The current president Kibaki is for the new constitution, but the former president Moi is campaigning against the new constitution... not something we would see in America. KTN, a local Kenyan TV station, stated: "Where we stand is a battle between presidents that may be unconstitutional but is about the constitution."
As my former boss Dan told me, "It all depends on the people behind the paper." Otherwise it's just words and more words. Even today a Pentacostal pastor was convicted of bribing a local official with $25,000 to erase the margin of victory of her opponent!
Kenyan politics: always entertaining.
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