Strategies adopted by CIC in implementation of the new constitution in Kenya

Abstract

Strategy implementation is one of the components of strategic management. It is one of the most difficult and time consuming stage in strategic management. Strategy implementation is a business concept acceptable in both the public and private sector. Firms and public organization are at risk avoiding this important component of strategic management process. A strategy links the organization to the environment. It gives the organization the direction and scope of its operations. The first concern in strategy implementation is to ensure the strategy is operationalised throughout the organization. In Kenya the commission for implementation of the constitution (CIC) was formed under the new constitution of Kenya, 2010. The title of the study is ‘Strategies adopted by CIC in implementation of the new constitution of Kenya.’ The objectives are, establish strategies adopted to manage implementation of the new constitution of Kenya, Determine challenges in strategy implementation by the constitution implementation commission and find out mechanisms by CIC to overcome the challenges. The research design is a case study whose primary purpose is to de Kenya. CIC has registered success in implementation of the constitution in sectors like devolution, and others. But the success is based on thirty percent of the total number of Laws to be enacted. CIC should be prepared to coordinate, the remaining seventy per cent of the implementation process.