In the Rawal case (see below) the Court of Appeal said, “Judges …are not autocrats but are obligated to be faithful to the law and to apply it impartially and […]

Senator Okiya Omtatah, Adrian Kamotho Njenga, Isaac Aluochier, Dr Magare Gikenyi, Katiba Institute, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Law Society of Kenya. Have you ever wondered how these people and organisations […]

Some commentators, and perhaps even some politicians, may not have focused on a significant difference between the Constitution in 1992 and that now. And probably the public even less so. […]

There is a bit of a tendency for people in government to think that governing means ordering people around. Have you ever read headlines or statements like these: “Senate Orders […]

The manufacturing sector is over-taxed and over-regulated, says the Kenya Association of Manufacturers. This is no surprise – business probably always feels over-taxed and over-regulated. But it is not necessarily […]

There have been a lot of criticisms of Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) being heavily involved in what we can only call “campaigning”. It is clear that much confusion exists, in the […]

Unlike the system for electing presidents here, when MPs, members of county assemblies and governors are being elected the winner does not have to achieve more than 50 per cent […]

People have complained that giving Kenyan passports to dubious non-Kenyans is a betrayal of trust and bad for Kenya’s international reputation. That is no doubt true, but I have been […]