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Why Kenya should be turned into a monarchy

Voters queue to cast their ballot at Kondele roundabout in Kisumu during the 2022 General Elections. (File, Standard)

Kenya’s democracy has come a long way since its revival in 1992. The imperfections it suffered between 1992 and 2008 led Kenyans to enact the 2010 Constitution, which sought to forestall any repeat of these imperfections and safeguard the country from backsliding.

Since then, democracy has become the country’s constitutionally mandated system of government, outside of which no government can be legally constituted. This is a truly commendable achievement, especially when one considers the region we live in, surrounded by one-party autocracies, military dictatorships and collapsed states.

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