the new constitution aims to cut the powers of the president's and devolve power away from nairobi. we have this. >> enthusiasm in the green camp. thousands are voicing their support for a new constitution. it still feels like a premature celebration ahead of wednesday's referendum. spearheading the celebration, a former enemies -- the president and prime minister, awkward partners in a coalition government, but now with a common goal. at least in theory, at the new constitution should bring accountability to the dirty world of canyon -- kenyan politics. and canyons should have more of a say as to another country -- kenyans should have more of a say as to how their country is run. >> they are involved and governance. -- and governance. it can change things. >> but there are two sides. but the stronghold for the no campaign is in at this valley. for a while it looked like the constitution would sail through, but then the no camp picked up momentum. the are leaving nothing to chance. the new constitution proposes of land commission to investigate who owns what lance and whether it was

tens of thousands gathered in nairobi in what the government called the biggest celebration in a generation. >> this was a day loaded with symbolism and historic occasion. with military bands, they ushered in a new constitution that changes the constitution thatkenya is governed -- that kenya is governed. >> this great republic. newut a signature on kenya's constitution. >> it creates limits to the president's power and gives power to small regional administrations. it sets up to tackle land reform, it kenya's biggest issue. this came up after 2008. kenyans understood that the way that tribalism corrupt politics simply had to change. some of the political figures on the podium may find themselves facing charges in the international criminal court. the government says that it is committed to supporting the court. the president is wanted in the court on war crimes charges of his own -- -- of his own. the court has reported kenya to the u.n. security council if they do not arrest him when he visits. >> the hard work begins. corruption, tribalism, and impunity are deeply ingrained. it will take

bbc news, nairobi. >> security has been tight in the thai capital after a grenade attack seriously injured a security guard. this attack is the third in bangkok in just over a month. the government says the reason for the tax is unclear. landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed many in northeast turkey. roads were flooded near the georgian border. landslides are common locally, but buildings are still being put up on unstable land. in a development that could mean more productive crops, researchers in britain say they have decoded most of the genome of wheat grain. the crisis and pakistan is getting worse, according to the united nations. it's a 1 million people have been displaced in the last few days. waters are moving south to the country. officials have ordered the evacuation an entire province. orla guerin reports. >> fleeing from the floods. people were on the move today. those who could afford it were in trucks. transport prices have risen with the flood waters. a mass evacuation was ordered. but we saw no officials giving help or directions. they carried their prized possessi

bbc news, nairobi. >> chinese media report 43 have died in a passenger jet that burst into flames while landing at an airport in the northeast. chinese state television said the plane had 96 on board when it crashed in heilongjiang city. we have this. >> the plane carrying 91 passengers and five crew burst into flames when it tried to land in heavy fog. the head of the airlines jet, taking off from the capital -- the emergency services rushed to the scene, trying to rescue those on board. investigators are now looking for the flights recorder. because of the crash is not yet known. a similar air crash took place in 2004. it is one of an increasing number of airports in remote parts of china to boost economic development. bbc news. >> floodwaters sweeping in southern pakistan and the countries by minister is saying there is serious concern about the spread of epidemic diseases, and according to its president, it could take years for pakistan to recover from this year's monsoon floods. at least 87,000 people are still cut off from supplies, food, and water. chris morris reports. >> this p

abc news, nairobi. >> security has been tightened after a grenade attack seriously injured a security guard. this is the third such blast in bangkok in at just over a month. the government says the reason for the attacks is unclear. landslides killed 11 in the northeast turkey. roads were flooded near the georgian border. landslides are common locally, but buildings are still being put up on unstable land. in and of development that could mean more productive crops, researchers in britain say they have decoded the genome of weeks. -- wheat. pakastani authorities have ordered more evacuations in the south as bridges in the banks of the indus threaten new flooding. the u.n. says that despite appeals, aid is trickling in it very slowly. tens of millions of dollars worth of food is urgently needed, but name -- but may not be available. chris morris is in islamabad. >> they have come down from the coastal regions of pakistan and the himalayas. and now this huge body of water is making high tide, pushing up from the arabian sea. it is putting enormous pressure on a system that is close to t

the drive by stuff, we counted in an archive in nairobi. there was not a lot of interest in the rwandan genocide on the part of western media. there was some, it was covered, but it was not covered as easily, not really. a lot of the original footage just got -- was never fed back to the news headquarters either in new york or atlanta or london. it was still out there in boxes, really not ever watched. and we have to look through it. >> i want to make sure viewers know, we're talking about technique as a long way from tragedy. it's the way the film is done. part of that is how to tell a story and that is the reason we're doing this. what impact did doing in rwanda have on you personally? he spent seven years there. what is left after all this? >> i have not watched that -- i have gone to a couple of screenings, but it had a huge impact on me. how was immersing myself in one of the darkest episodes of martin history. -- of modern history. that was a very draining experience. during those interviews was really training. and then the last one

i'll remind everyone that it was 12 years ago tomorrow that the nairobi bombings happened.se were well above 9/11. that was in august of '98. those were profound events. and they profoundly drove our -- our bilateral relationships. and those security dimensions remain very fundamental. i'll just remind you of the bombings just a few weeks ago, of al qaeda extending its reach, our concern about sudan, our concern about somalia, our concern about al qaeda within the region. that is the central factor that limits our ability to influence these governments on the governance side. i don't-- i think what -- it has added a new dimension that makes it more conspicuous, how difficult it is in the horn of africaor us to have a -- a relationship in which we can use our engagement to bring about governance changes. south africa, i believe, is a goodounter example. because there we've seen a dramatic in the last year, a dramatic turn-around ofapproach on health and the -- and the commitments health. we should perhaps talk a bit about the degree to which that shift was reflective of an a