ABSTRACT
The 2002 elections promised to usher in a new political reality for Kenya. For the first time in quite a long time, there were no significant pre-or post-election clashes. The National Rainbow Alliance (NARC) won 62 percent of the vote, the single largest majority by any government in the multi-party era. The 2002 presidential election was the first time that the country was choosing a new president; the incumbent was not taking part. The campaigns and general elections of 2002 also showed, for the first time, that the possibility of putting aside ethnic hostilities existed, at least for the short term. In the pre-election maneuvering, Saitoti rejected the Kenya African National Union (KANU) and in quick succession joined the Rainbow Alliance, then joined the National Alliance of Kenya and ultimately joined the "NARC Summit", the coalition's key organ. The constitutional review process was one of the most significant sources of disagreements in the new government.
