Katiba Corner

How County Allocation of Revenue Bill continues to undermine accountability

You have probably read about counties that regularly spend more of their budget on recurrent expenses (like salaries) than the law allows and not enough on development. You may also […]
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Floods and evictions: What a series of tragedies!

Most readers will surely know people who have been flooded out of their homes in the last few weeks. And those tragedies have been succeeded by another round in the […]
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Cabinet, Cabinet Secretaries and constitutional history

What is the place in government of the Cabinet and Cabinet Secretaries? Tracing the history of the constitutional provisions provides food for thought. The Parliamentary Select Committee (I’ll call them […]
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Dear Deputy President…

Once you are elected, the Constitution almost expects you to cease to be a Kikuyu but the DP of all the people. Your Excellency, Kenyans generally assume that your nomination […]
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Flooding menace: Where does the buck stop?

There seems a high level of agreement that global climate change is a significant factor in the catastrophic floods. And that has absolutely nothing to do with “Acts of God” […]
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Thinking about the right to education

The “right to education” is well-known. The President’s task force on education last year used the phrase several times. It recognised that among the obstacles to achieving that right is […]
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There are more ways to kill Constitution than repealing it

The Kenyan constitution is unusually emphatic about its central role in the nation’s life. It is, of course, our basic, fundamental law. It is the framework for government, the basis […]
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‘Living within our means’ –What does the Constitution say?

Various officials of government have been telling us, “We must live within our means.” Among various natural reactions, including “deal with corruption” and “cut the wasteful spending” one was very […]
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