By YASH GHAI @katibainstitute Just about a year ago, I took President Uhuru Kenyatta to task for singing the praises of miraa in order to win political support in Meru — […]

The Constitution of Kenya Review Commission paid great attention to the purposes and the rules of elections. For a long time, Kenyans had no real elections (thanks to Presidents Jomo […]

Trump-Comey saga President Donald Trump sacks James Comey, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, creating a storm with words and phrases such as “outrage”, “constitutional crisis” and “impeachment” […]

“Participation” is not new to Kenyan law. The Environmental Management and Coordination Act of 1999 stresses the importance of the principles of sustainable development­ — later recognised as a national […]

Two news items on one day give food for thought. First, the latest World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders puts Kenya at position 95, well above Nigeria […]

On April 20, the High Court issued yet another judgment on the apparently never-ending controversy on the two-thirds gender rule. This time, the question facing Justice Chacha Mwita was different […]

Reading other people’s Constitution is an interesting exercise because it tends to shed light on our own. The Constitution of the Solomon Islands — a small country in the Pacific […]

In the recent case brought by the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness, Justice John Mativo said within two months, Parliament must legislate to ensure the new Parliament has no […]