From the grabbing of land by the colonialists, through the resistance (notably through the Land and Freedom Army) to the supposed “willing buyer willing seller” solution after Independence and the […]

Two things early this week resonated nicely with each other. First let me share some quotes: “The Judicial Review process is being abused by campaigners who disagree with policy set […]

The number and variety of cases in which decisions have been declared unconstitutional in Kenya due to a lack of public participation shows how intricate public participation can be. PSC […]

A rather depressing development after our recent change of government (and Parliament) was the scramble by political parties (to be precise Kenya Kwanza and Azimio) to control who was elected […]

Dear Mheshimiwa, Congratulations on your recent election. I hope you will find being an MP a worthwhile occupation, and that in five years’ time you will feel able to say […]

There are various bits of the Constitution that have received little attention. One is Article 7 clause (3). It says, “The State shall–– promote and protect the diversity of language […]

The strains between the current President and his Deputy have drawn much attention to the role of deputies. And perhaps it is in the light of this that both the […]

In the past it is clear that many societies – and by no means only in Africa – assume the role of women was to be wives and mothers, and […]