Article 46 of the Constitution on consumer rights is neglected. It is unusual to have consumer rights protected in a constitution – though more common recently. People tend to think […]

In 2016 Yash Ghai wrote critically of former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s efforts to persuade countries that had banned miraa to reconsider their decision to protect the miraa growers of Meru […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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 […]