1. It remains clear that any successful exercise of constitution making requires “intense negotiations and consensus seeking.” Njoki Ndung’u, “Why MPs Shot Down Tribunal Bill,” East African Standard (EAS), February 13, 2009.

2. George Bennett, Kenya: A Political History (Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1963); Sorobrea N. Bogonko, Kenya 1945–1963: A Study in African National Movements (Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1980); Keith Kyle, The Politics of the Independence of Kenya (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999).

3. Morris Odhiambo, Osogo Ambani, and Winnie V. Mitullah, eds., Informing A Constitutional Moment: Essays on Constitution Reform in Kenya (Nairobi: Claripress, 2005); P. L. Agweli Onalo, An African Appraisal: Constitution-Making in Kenya (Nairobi: Transafrica Press, 2004); Walter O. Oyugi, Peter Wanyande, and C. Odhiambo Mbai, eds., The Politics of Transition in Kenya: From KANU to NARC (Nairobi: Heinrich Boll Foundation, 2003); Wanza Kioko, Lawrence Murugu Mute, and Kichamu Akivaga, eds., Building an Open Society: The Politics of Transition in Kenya (Nairobi: Claripress, 2002).