February 24th, 2016
Katiba Corner
February 20th, 2016
Transition to county governance and implementation of devolution By Conrad Bosire and Waikwa Wanyoike
Governor Nathif Jama at one of the Garissa county offices. ‘The actualization of county governance required fundamental reorganization of governance systems and structures at the national and county level. The […]
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February 13th, 2016
Achievements and failings of the judiciary
By YASH PAL GHAI and JILL COTTRELL GHAI Background Last week’s article explained the new structure and role of the judiciary, pointing to major constitutional reforms. Today’s topic is how […]
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February 6th, 2016
The role of the judiciary under the constitution: Part I BY YASH PAL GHAI
Before the 2010 constitution The purpose of this article is to explain constitutional provisions on the nature and role of the judiciary. Next week’s article will examine the successes and […]
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January 31st, 2016
Values And Principles: Walking The Talk
By JILL COTTRELL GHAI and YASH PAL GHAI This is the final article in this Katiba Corner series on values and principles. Last week’s article was a rather depressed one: […]
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January 30th, 2016
How political parties are failing Kenya yet again
Lack of internal democracy, mobilising political support along tribal and regional lines, and using violence to intimidate rivals or force certain opinions are some features of some of the political […]
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January 23rd, 2016
Integrity and graft: The regime of darkness
I struggled for weeks after being asked by a man I hold in the highest esteem, Prof Yash Pal Ghai, to write this article on ‘Integrity and the Constitution’. Why? […]
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January 9th, 2016
The promise of democracy and the reality of politics
1.Promise of democracy An overarching theme of the 2010 constitution is democracy. Perhaps no other constitution in the world has paid so much attention to democracy. A significant part of […]
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