It is beyond question that Kenya boasts one of the most rights-centric constitutions globally-a transformative legal charter that seeks to correct historical injustices while shaping a dignified future.

It's a document that is not merely ink on paper but an active force that wrestles power from the self-declared lords of the earth, reminding them that authority, unless justified by the Constitution, is no authority at all.

Three pillars define such a transformative Constitution.

First, it must be a fortress of human rights, spanning social, political, and economic realms, and provide an avenue for legal redress for those aggrieved.