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The Challenge of Developing Indigenous and Patriotic Jurisprudence in Kenya
The following excerpts are taken from the Speech given by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, President of the Supreme Court and Head of the Judiciary during the Admission to the Roll of Advocates on 19,...
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Recent Electoral Law Amendments: The Mechanical Jurisprudence of Rogue MPs
The Statute Law Miscellaneous Amendment Bill 2012 has been controversially amended, in part, as follows: Elections Act, 2011 (No. 24 of 2011) Qualifications for nomination of candidates. 22. (1) A...
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Drawing the Line: Online Freedom, Rights Abuses and the Constitutional...
“The persistent controversy about the reach of the state’s power to restrict free thought and speech in a democracy suggests that freedom of expression has still not made an unassailable case for...
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Fallacies of Equality and Inequality: Will Our Rights Lie in Limbo At the...
“…Having celebrated the repeal of Kenya’s older Constitution that legitimated discrimination in the areas of adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death and personal law, I...
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What the World Thought Of Kenya’s Presidential Debate
Kenya’s 1st Presidential Debate held on Monday night was indeed a historic event viewed and listened to across the country and beyond our borders. Our local media did a great job covering the event...
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Chief Justice Harassed and Threatened: Executive Must Apologise and Take...
“I have given most of my life to a better Kenya and if taking it is what will be required to consolidate and secure our democratic gains in this election, or even thereafter, that is a price I am not...
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Between Activism and Restraint, The Supreme Court of Kenya Must Balance the...
“We also speak knowing that it is our duty to ask ourselves what is the use of having a Constitution if it is not honoured and respected by the people. The people will lose faith in the Constitution...
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The MPs’ Salaries Case: A Triumph for Constitutional Supremacy in Kenya
“Parliamentarians are expected to operate within the letter and the spirit of the Constitution. Parliament, like all other state organs, is not above the law. Members of the National Assembly, like...
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Anglo Leasing Contracts: Law Society’s Case Against the Office of the...
“The man you see before you is the mortician. The patient died on the operating table a long time ago.” – The Hon. Attorney General, Prof. Githu Muigai, SC, on Anglo-Leasing cases. Earlier this month,...
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Je ne suis pas #CharlieHebdo
We say the words: “Je ne suis pas #CharlieHebdo” (“I am not #CharlieHebdo“) with due respect to all those affected by the terrorist attack at the Charlie Hebdo offices yesterday in the French capital,...
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