Deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti: An introspection
K Kenya has featured quite prominently in the media of late for several reasons, one of them being a bold declaration that it is prepared to lead a multinational security
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The illusion of separation powers doctrine in Kenya
The term separation of powers otherwise referred to in French as “trias politica” was coined by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, an 18th century French social
Mama Ngina Kenyatta at 90: the quiet power behind Kenya’s famous political family
Few witnessed the building of the young Kenyan state from within as did Ngina Kenyatta, the widow of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta. Mama Ngina, as she is known, marks
How the Kenyan judiciary has contributed to undermining the rule of law
Sensitive to the preceding decades of an undermined judiciary, the 2010 Constitution drafting committee’s approach to the parts of the Constitution pertaining to the Judiciary[7] placed strong emphasis on its
New beginning or a false start?
The inauguration of the Kenya Kwanza government filled the hearts of a large majority of hustlers with much joy, in the belief that it heralded a great new dawn that
𝗗esigning each day for life
I wake up to a brand-new day that has never been lived before. Everything in this day is fresh and waiting for me to make it my own. My thoughts,
Why legislators continue to be a disgrace in Kenya
In Kenya, the main functions of the Legislature are representation, legislation and oversight.[6] This means that Kenyan legislators are representatives of citizens’ interests, who deliberate and approve relevant legislation to
For the people or with the people? An appraisal of the right to assembly and the practice in Kenya
The opposition has for decades been a headache to the government of the day through the organization of these demonstrations which springs from Article 37 of the Constitution. Under the
Why I salute the late Justice Hayanga
In a functioning constitutional democracy, an impartial and independent judiciary with the power to remedy breaches of fundamental rights is indispensable. Justice Hayanga understood this and used his legal acumen
Let my people go!
All in all, let us put it into perspective, or rather examine it from a legal eye. Socio- economic rights are deponed by virtue of Article 43 of the Constitution