Katiba Corner

Why doesn’t Kenya ratify treaty against enforced disappearances?

“Family of missing youth seeks DPP’s help to find him” was a headline in Tuesday’s Standard. It is not clear who took him away, but the family says they identified […]
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What does Constitution say about right to breastfeed?

Reading the title, you might be tempted to say: “Some people want to find a constitutional angle to everything!” It is true that the Constitution cannot solve every social issue. […]
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Lawmaking and importance of transparency in amendments

Transparency is a national value. In fact, ‘transparent’ or ‘transparency’ appears 13 times in the Constitution, in relation particularly to elections and management of public money, but also to land […]
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Perils of allowing politicians to push Constitution amendment

People’s Constitution Nearly eight years after the enactment of the Constitution, the issue of its appropriateness has been raised. That Constitution was eventually adopted—after a long period of struggle, fighting […]
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Public interest takes centre stage as courts stand firm

Until 2010, street protests were the preferred mode of expressing public outrage with just about everything. Demonstrators tested their resolve against the state as agitation turned into bloody confrontations due […]
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Perils of allowing politicians to push Constitution amendment

People’s Constitution Nearly eight years after the enactment of the Constitution, the issue of its appropriateness has been raised. That Constitution was eventually adopted—after a long period of struggle, fighting […]
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Myths, mayhem and Miguna: Explaining legal issues in saga

It’s been quite a saga, with a good deal of misunderstanding, misrepresentation and downright lies floating around. I come neither to bury Miguna Miguna nor to praise him, but to […]
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KATIBA: Understanding the Access to Information law

After a 15-year struggle for an access to information legislation in Kenya, that law was, to the delight of many, finally enacted in August 2016. Katiba Institute, with some civil […]
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