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Kenya, a country which went from the brink of civil war-following the disputed presidential election results of December 2007-to promulgating a new constitution a few short years later, has had its constitutional reform process hailed as a runaway success story. 1 The 2010 Constitution of Kenya reordered the political and legal structure of the country, introduced a two-tier devolution system, and initiated an overhaul of the judicial branch. The document contains a Bill of Rights that recognizes all three generations of rights; and international law is explicitly recognized as a source of Kenyan law, thereby infusing the constitutional makeup of the country with international law standards. The Constitution's promulgation precipitated a flurry of scholarship critically evaluating the constitutional review process, and the challenges and opportunities that the new Constitution presented for the country. 2 As the second general election since 2010, scheduled for August 2017, is fast approaching, the two 1
Elizabeth O’Loughlin (Sat,) studied this question.