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Constitution of Kenya, 2010
Oversight Committee on—
(i) progress in the implementation of this Constitution;
and
(ii) any impediments to its implementation; and
(d) work with each constitutional commission to ensure that the
letter and spirit of this Constitution is respected.
(7) The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution
shall stand dissolved five years after it is established or at the full
implementation of this Constitution as determined by Parliament,
whichever is sooner, but the National Assembly may, by resolution,
extend its life.
Part 2—Existing Obligations, Laws and Rights
6. Except to the extent that this Constitution expressly provides Rights, duties and
to the contrary, all rights and obligations, however arising, of the obligations of the
Government or the Republic and subsisting immediately before the State.
effective date shall continue as rights and obligations of the national
government or the Republic under this Constitution.
7. (1) All law in force immediately before the effective Existing laws.
date continues in force and shall be construed with the alterations,
adaptations, qualifications and exceptions necessary to bring it into
conformity with this Constitution.
(2) If, with respect to any particular matter—
(a) a law that was in effect immediately before the effective
date assigns responsibility for that matter to a particular State
organ or public officer; and
(b) a provision of this Constitution that is in effect assigns
responsibility for that matter to a different State organ or
public officer,
the provisions of this Constitution prevail to the extent of the
conflict.
8. (1) On the effective date, any freehold interest in land in Kenya
held by a person who is not a citizen shall revert to the Republic of
Kenya to be held on behalf of the people of Kenya, and the State shall
grant to the person a ninety-nine year lease at a peppercorn rent.
Existing land
holdings and
agreements relating
to natural resources.