While the framers of the Constitution had envisioned that public participation in law making process would help citizens feel more connected to their government, there is a justifiably feeling that lawmakers are only concerned with helping themselves and fellow political and economic elites than working for constituents.
Public participation was designed to give citizens a stronger stake in the outcome of policymaking and also provide them with another opportunity to make their voice heard beyond casting a periodic vote but more Kenyans are expressing cynicism about government institutions.
