The public and the media are showing much interest in the Constitution. To some extent it may be that people’s expectations of the Constitution have not, or only partially, met. […]

Kenyans are currently very focussed on criminal law ― and whether it will do justice to various prominent people accused of corruption, and worse, and to the people of Kenya […]

Last Saturday in the Siasa pullout, Martin Ogindo assumed that proportional representation (PR) is necessarily better than our current election system. But first, what is PR? Its point is to […]

If Kenyans thought that the devolution during 2013-17 was sometimes a pretty dismal spectacle, the second is turning out to be even more of … one is tempted to say […]

Attending a conference on democracy, elections and constitutionalism, we listen to presenters talking about countries such as Ethiopia (before PM Abiy Ahmed), Rwanda, Egypt (under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ) and […]

It’s a particular pleasure to read a book that is well written and interesting in its own right, but prompts thinking about issues closer to home ― to Kenya. I […]

There are few observers as astute as sharp journalists to analyse complex politics.  Yash Ghai was fortunate to be the guest of the Kenya Correspondents Association this week at the […]

A hotel has a policy of not allowing mixed sex couples to stay unless they produce their marriage certificates. Some people have already commented that this violates the constitutional prohibition […]