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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s president signed into law Friday a new constitution that institutes a U.S.-style system of checks and balances and has been hailed as the most significant political event since Kenya’s independence nearly half a century ago.
Kenya’s new constitution is part of a reform package that President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga committed themselves to after signing a power-sharing deal in February 2008.
The government and parliament now must implement the ambitious document, a process expected to take up to five years. The document requires, among other things, the formation of a Supreme Court and a Senate.
