stolen, a team of mediators led by Kofi Annan, proposed by President Kufuor of Ghana, then chair of the African Union, pushed for a renewed constitutional review process. The National Dialogue and Reconciliation process led to an agreement between the parties in February 2008, including the formation of a government of national unity and other reforms. Agenda item 4 in the agreement focused on "Long-Term Issues", including constitutional and institutional reform. March 2008 – The parties agree on the principles for a constitutional review process, and Parliament establishes a Committee of Experts on Constitutional Reform to gather views from the public, deliberate on contentious issues and come up with a draft of the new constitution. A Constitution of Kenya Review Act 2008 governs the review process, and enters into force in December 2008. The Committee held extensive public consultations and received many dozens of submissions. November 2009 – The harmonised draft constitution written and proposed by the Committee of Experts was released on 17 November 2009 and had the following highlights: Transfer of executive authority from the President to the Prime Minister position who will be the Head of Government. President will be the Head of State and maintain a more ceremonial role. Prime Minister will be the Head of Government and will be the head of the party/coalition with a majority in Parliament – He will nominate ministers to the Cabinet. Half of the ministers in cabinet can be nominated from non-MPs. The total number of MPs will be increased from 222 to 295. An upper house, a Senate, will be introduced to represent the regions – the total number of Senators will be 113. Devolution to the provincial level – current 8 provinces will be now referred to as regions. The 8 regions/provinces will be subdivided into counties – There will be a total of 70 counties and will each be headed by executives. Nairobi Province will become a region and have a popularly elected Mayor as opposed to having the city councillors elect the Mayor. Retention of Kadhi court system as it is in the current constitution. February 2010 – Following further consultation and amendment a revised text is published. May 2010 – On 6 May, the final text of the constitution is published, for approval by referendum. August 2010 – The draft constitution text is approved by a 67% margin in a national referendum. The constitution