Referendum in Kenya

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The Referendum in Kenya was a nationwide vote in which Kenyan citizens approved the current Constitution, ushering in major political and institutional reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national constitution ⓘ
national referendum ⓘ
adoptedBy 2010 Kenyan constitutional referendum ⓘ
linked to: Referendum in Kenya
aimedAt devolving power to counties ⓘ
entrenching a bill of rights ⓘ
reducing presidential powers ⓘ
reforming the judiciary ⓘ
strengthening checks and balances ⓘ
approved Constitution of Kenya 2010 ⓘ
ballotQuestion approval or rejection of the Proposed Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
date 2010-08-04 ⓘ
electorate Kenyan citizens eligible to vote ⓘ
followedBy major political and institutional reforms in Kenya ⓘ
promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 ⓘ
introduced Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
bicameral Parliament in Kenya ⓘ
system of devolved government with 47 counties ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
legalBasisFor Constitution of Kenya 2010 ⓘ
limited powers of the President of Kenya ⓘ
location Kenya ⓘ
mainIssue adoption of a new constitution ⓘ
noPercentage about 31% ⓘ
opposedBy a section of political leaders in Kenya ⓘ
some church leaders in Kenya ⓘ
organizedBy Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya ⓘ
partOf Kenya’s constitutional reform process ⓘ
precededBy National Accord and Reconciliation Act 2008 ⓘ
reform process after 2007–2008 post-election violence ⓘ
promulgatedOn 2010-08-27 ⓘ
promulgationDateOfResultingConstitution 2010-08-27 ⓘ
result New constitution adopted ⓘ
Yes vote majority ⓘ
significance marked adoption of Kenya’s current constitution ⓘ
ushered in major institutional reforms in Kenya ⓘ
ushered in major political reforms in Kenya ⓘ
strengthened bill of rights protections in Kenya ⓘ
independence of the judiciary in Kenya ⓘ
supervisedBy Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya ⓘ
supportedBy President Mwai Kibaki ⓘ
linked to: Mwai Kibaki

Prime Minister Raila Odinga ⓘ
linked to: Rt Hon Raila Odinga
turnout approximately 72% of registered voters ⓘ
votingSystem simple majority of valid votes cast ⓘ
year 2010 ⓘ
yesPercentage about 67% ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of Kenya → adoptedBy → Referendum in Kenya ⓘ
Constitution of Kenya 2010 → adoptedBy → 2010 Kenyan constitutional referendum ⓘ
subject linked to: Referendum in Kenya
linked to: Referendum in Kenya
Chapter Eighteen – Transitional and Consequential Provisions → adoptedWith → Constitution of Kenya 2010 referendum approval ⓘ
linked to: Referendum in Kenya
Commission on Revenue Allocation → createdInContextOf → Kenyan constitutional reforms of 2010 ⓘ
linked to: Referendum in Kenya
Butere/Mumias District → partOfReform → Kenya 2010 constitutional devolution ⓘ
linked to: Referendum in Kenya