Charles O. Oyaya is Executive Director of the International Development Institute–Africa (IDIA). He is a Governance, Health and Development Planning and Public Policy and Constitutional Law specialist. Dr Oyaya holds a Doctor of Philosophy (in Law) from the University of Nairobi, Kenya (2012).Nana Poku is Research Professor of Health Economics at the Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was formerly Executive Director, United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (2003–05) and Director of Operational Research, World Bank AIDS Treatment Acceleration Programme (2004–06).

• PrefaceChapter OneThe Constitution and Constitutional Theory Chapter Two Kenya’s Constitutional Foundation Chapter Three The Road to the Independence Constitution Chapter FourPost-independence Constitutional Amendments and Reversal of Constitutional Gains Chapter FiveTowards Democratic Constitutional Reforms in Kenya Chapter SixThe Constitution of Kenya Review Process and the Challenges of Constitution Making in Peacetime Chapter SevenCataclysm of Constitutional Change and Completion of the Constitution of Kenya Review Process Chapter EightThe Consolidation of the Constitution of Kenya and Future Challenges

Charles O. Oyaya is Executive Director of the International Development Institute–Africa (IDIA). He is a Governance, Health and Development Planning and Public Policy and Constitutional Law specialist. Dr Oyaya holds a Doctor of Philosophy (in Law) from the University of Nairobi, Kenya (2012).Nana Poku is Research Professor of Health Economics at the Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was formerly Executive Director, United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (2003–05) and Director of Operational Research, World Bank AIDS Treatment Acceleration Programme (2004–06).

• PrefaceChapter OneThe Constitution and Constitutional Theory Chapter Two Kenya’s Constitutional Foundation Chapter Three The Road to the Independence Constitution Chapter FourPost-independence Constitutional Amendments and Reversal of Constitutional Gains Chapter FiveTowards Democratic Constitutional Reforms in Kenya Chapter SixThe Constitution of Kenya Review Process and the Challenges of Constitution Making in Peacetime Chapter SevenCataclysm of Constitutional Change and Completion of the Constitution of Kenya Review Process Chapter EightThe Consolidation of the Constitution of Kenya and Future Challenges

Charles O. Oyaya is Executive Director of the International Development Institute–Africa (IDIA). He is a Governance, Health and Development Planning and Public Policy and Constitutional Law specialist. Dr Oyaya holds a Doctor of Philosophy (in Law) from the University of Nairobi, Kenya (2012).Nana Poku is Research Professor of Health Economics at the Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was formerly Executive Director, United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (2003–05) and Director of Operational Research, World Bank AIDS Treatment Acceleration Programme (2004–06).

• PrefaceChapter OneThe Constitution and Constitutional Theory Chapter Two Kenya’s Constitutional Foundation Chapter Three The Road to the Independence Constitution Chapter FourPost-independence Constitutional Amendments and Reversal of Constitutional Gains Chapter FiveTowards Democratic Constitutional Reforms in Kenya Chapter SixThe Constitution of Kenya Review Process and the Challenges of Constitution Making in Peacetime Chapter SevenCataclysm of Constitutional Change and Completion of the Constitution of Kenya Review Process Chapter EightThe Consolidation of the Constitution of Kenya and Future Challenges