We can hope that a number of the people elected in August have come into their new offices full of not just enthusiasm but also determination to fight corruption, and […]

The Constitution does not begin and end with politics and elections — at least if we think of politics Kenyan style (personal ambition and ethnic manipulation — and huge expenditure […]

Not only is the Bill of Rights the longest Chapter, but the drafters designed the Constitution to be firmly based on human rights. This is something we can see most […]

Two weeks ago, this column raised the issue of how far party manifestos — at the presidential level at least — show concern with and understanding of the Constitution, and […]

There is a tendency to treat party manifestos as a waste of time. Most Kenyans think that no party is going to respect the manifesto if it wins. But they […]

Plastic bags and sub-counties may seem to have little in common. What links them is our government’s tendency to think it can govern by pronouncement—including  to ban the former or […]

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 […]