Public participation is about the people being able to influence outcomes. It is based on the fact that governments derive their power from the people, and without the will of […]

Vulnerability of the Constitution It has been a struggle to protect the gains and promises of the constitution. The need for struggle is attributable to the fact that, as Yash […]

The age of consent Sex with a person below the “age of consent” is automatically a crime, regardless of whether the person in fact agreed. In most cultures, historically children […]

The Kenya Constitution places great emphasis on integrity and avoiding conflicts of interest. We tend not to discuss these concepts much, despite concerns about corruption among politicians and other public […]

Kenyans made many sacrifices for the new constitution because the Moi government had lost all respect for their rights and freedoms. Democracy had been steadily eroded, first by Kenyatta, and […]

The National Treasury recently released its draft Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2017. The document came much earlier this year (it is normally tabled in Parliament by February 15 ) because […]

Much hope and energy has been invested in recent years in building the architecture of Kenya’s devolved land administration in which county-level bodies were to play a major part, an […]

‘AFRICA’S GIFT TO THE WORLD’ In the early 1960s, Eli Lilly, a major pharmaceutical firm, was permitted to market vincristine and vinblastine in the United States. These patented drugs are […]