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Tracing the treacherous, bloody road to enactment of new laws

A senior citizen goes through a leaflet given by CIC during the launch of annual assessment of the constitution at Gusii stadium on August 27,2015 during the fifth anniversary since the constitution was promulgated.[FILE/Standard]

The long road to the 2010 constitution began in the late 1980s through agitation for political and constitutional reforms by fearless opposition leaders, clergy and civil society groups.

It, however, picked up momentum on July 7, 1990, when opposition leaders Oginga Odinga, Masinde Muliro, Kenneth Matiba, Charles Rubia, Martin Sikuku, Raila Odinga, Gitobu Imanyara, Paul Muite and Njeru Gathangu, among others, led the Saba Saba uprising in Nairobi.

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