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 […]

The story this week begins with access to information. It ends as a clear example of why access to information is important—namely because it can produce transparency that can go […]

The Confidence from the Constitution On a sunny Tuesday morning in January there was an awkward scene outside Milimani Courts. Hundreds of doctors gathered, most in their signature white coats […]

Freedom of association is fundamental to a healthy democracy. It enables us as social beings to form organisations with others, to express our political —and other—views, and to collaborate with […]

There are certain offices that attract a lot of attention from governments. Offices that check on the spending of taxpayer money tend to be among the most difficult, and controversial, […]

Background One of the greatest aspirations of Kenyans before the new order was to devolve power from the centre to the periphery. All government administration was concentrated in Nairobi. Not […]