Katiba Corner

The Prime Cabinet Secretary’s Referendum Notion

 “We are staring at a massive legal crisis where the 2027 election could be nullified before it even begins. Our 2010 constitution demands boundaries review every 8 to 12 years. […]
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President’s constitutional adviser has some good ideas and some not so good

Prof Makau Mutua is someone I suspect people tend to either agree strongly with or disagree strongly. At this moment I am doing both. Constitution in schools In his weekly […]
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Reading the ‘Values and Principles Report’ from the President

“Values and principles” sounds like some well-meaning, but woolly, concept that would not have much impact in practice, when faced with the realities of power. That was definitely not the […]
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Why are Nairobi’s rivers and banks such a disappointment?

Walking in Michuki Memorial Park recently, along the banks of the Nairobi River, both authors found plastics and other polluting materials visible to the naked eye. A river through the […]
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Presidents, Mercy and Constitutions

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 […]
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Why do some get more? Damages, big inequality and the Constitution

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 […]
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Reading the Constitution about the Police Service Commission

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 […]
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What the Constitution says about tax

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 […]
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