Katiba Corner

How The Constitution Makers Planned For Its Implementation By Yash Pal Ghai

Some members of the Constitution Kenya Review Commission were concerned that the kind of transformative constitution that its terms of reference required – and the public wanted – would be […]
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Implementing National Security: Challenges And Resistance By Tom Kagwe

Kenyans realise that ‘national security’ has been used as an excuse for stifling opposition, detaining suspects without trial, even torture and inhuman and degrading treatment to individuals and groups that […]
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Women’s Rights And The Constitution By Jill Cottrell Ghai

In discussing women and the Constitution, most attention has been paid to representation of women in Parliament and the county assemblies, and above all the general “principle that not more […]
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People United Or Divided? The Challenge Of Pluralism By Yash Pal Ghai

The scourge of ethnicity Last week Waikwa Wanyoike discussed the role that people play in the implementation of the constitution, pointing out that their effectiveness was negated by their preoccupation […]
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Ali Mazrui and constitutionalism By Yash Pal Ghai

Last Tuesday the first of the Annual Ali Mazrui Memorial Lectures was given in Mombasa under the auspices of the Umma University. I was greatly honoured to present it, with […]
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Does Kenya need a ‘Devolution Policy’?BY JILL COTTRELL GHAI

“Policy” seems to be the current catchword of the government. It is undoubtedly a good thing for the government to plan carefully what it intends to do, and to share […]
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The Trial of Integrity in Kenya

THE TRIAL OF INTEGRITY IN KENYA THE TRIAL OF INTEGRITY IN KENYA By PLO LUMUMBA Introduction The Constitution of Kenya 2010 has been described as progressive. Commentators have identified the […]
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