Kenya: Referendum

Yebo Gogo gives praise to Kenya's constitutional referendum vote….Rarely do African people get to vote in free and fair elections that will make a serious impact on their lives. But yesterday, in Kenya, people voted to turn down a proposed new constitution that would have consolidated power in the hands of president Mwai Kibaki. This is huge. The people's will and their displeasure with the government haven't been felt this strongly in a while, perhaps since calling for elections in Togo

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