Today's Headlines
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- Finance Minister Quits Over ICC Charges
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- Resettle IDPs, Urges Annan
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- Concern Raised As Parents Shun Schools in Poll Violence Hotspots
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- Speed Up Building Port
- Uhuru and Muthaura Did Well to Quit Posts
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- Baraza Case to Be Heard Monday
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- Exit Uhuru, Muthaura
- ICC Charges Hound Uhuru Out of Treasury
- Consumers Grow Despite Inflation
- Poor Relations Between Banks Blamed for Cash Shortages
- Fish Prices Up As Vegetable Supply Dwindles
- Consumers to Pay More for Milk and Bread As Prices Rise
- Kibaki Tasks Ex-Dar CJ to Lead Probe in Kenya
- Mombasa Port Cargo Congestion Forces Three-Month Fees Waiver
4 August 2010
Nairobi — Kenya first held a national referendum on the constitution in November 2005.
The campaign split the then Narc government into two, with then Roads minister Raila Odinga leading the Orange team comprising politicians from the Liberal Democratic Party against the document and President Kibaki pushing for its adoption.
The Orange team was supported by the then official opposition party Kanu and retired President Moi.
They argued that the document vested too much power in the presidency.
They accused the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Review, then chaired by Nyaribari Chache MP Simeon Nyachae, of watering down the Bomas draft at a retreat in Kilifi.
The Orange camp carried the day by garnering 3.5 million votes, against the Banana's 2.5 million.
The results saw President Kibaki suspend his entire Cabinet, save for Vice-President Moody Awori and Attorney-General Amos Wako.
He later sacked Mr Odinga and five other Cabinet ministers who had opposed the document.
