I read an article in the New York Times that reminded me, not for the first time, of how in many ways our Constitution is superior – or potentially superior […]

George Gakono Gathomi was assaulted and tortured by two police officers, at the behest of the Water Irrigation Board allegedly for an unpaid water bill (not a crime!). He was […]

You have probably read about the turf war between the Inspector General of Police and the National Police Service Commission (the commission)–portrayed, sadly, as motivated by desire to control the […]

This may become an occasional series about the Constitution and public money. Like people, the state collects money, keeps money (hopefully safely) and uses (spends) money ¾ having, one hopes, decided sensibly […]

The Royal Prerogative’ still exists to some limited extent in the United Kingdom. It refers to the powers of the monarch (now exercised on the ‘advice’ of the government) simply […]

Under evidence law certain evidence may not be used in court – though this should be restricted to necessary situations, and the main focus be on whether the evidence is […]

In the 1963 Constitution, the Senate was “intended as a political safeguard for majimbo” (Ghai and McAuslan, Public Law and Political Change). But majimbo lasted just a year. In 1967 an […]

International IDEA, based in Sweden, produces an annual report on the state of democracy worldwide. Each year this includes a special topic—which this year is “democracy on the move”. The […]