Harambee even if the supposed derivation from "Hare Ambeh" (Hail Ambeh) were true, it has become irrelevant to the term's modern usage and meaning. In January 2002, the Risk Advisory Group Ltd commissioned by President Moi's administration as part of the anti-corruption efforts recommended the abolition of "harambee" or the "spirit of pulling together". In 2003 when the National Rainbow Coalition NARC took over from the Kenya African National Union KANU, President Mwai Kibaki enacted the Public Officers Ethics Act which prohibited Members of Parliament and Cabinet Secretaries from presiding over "Harambees". In February 2018, a petition was presented to the
Constitutional reforms in Kenya 1991 repeal of a 1982 amendment that had formalised the one-party state. The constitutional reform process that began in 2000 led to the adoption of several competing drafts, and a deadlock between government and opposition, until 2008. Constitutional drafts and processes leading up to the adoption of the 2010 text Following the post-election violence that broke out after the controversial December 2007 elections in which the renewed mandate of President Mwai Kibaki was alleged to be stolen, a team of mediators led by Kofi Annan, proposed by President Kufuor of Ghana, then chair of the African Union, pushed for a