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The 2010 Constitution sought to re-imagine our judicial system by establishing specialized courts with the same status as the High Court. Kenyans felt that the areas of employment and labour relations, and the environment and land disputes deserve special and focused attention, beyond the general approach to all other disputes. Given the centrality of these […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has not been every Kenyan’s favourite institution. And there is a reason. Its recent conduct, for instance, in the withdrawal of high-profile cases has made Kenyans wonder if it could not have done much better. Today, the consensus is that the Office of the DPP has blatantly […]
The specialist courts are not lesser temples of justice
The recent judicial appointments to the Court of Appeal by the President, upon recommendations of the Judicial Service Commission, stand in sharp focus for their omission or lack of consideration of any of the judges from these specialized courts at Article 162. The distinctiveness of these courts was a matter of deliberate constitutional design to […]