Prof Makau Mutua is someone I suspect people tend to either agree strongly with or disagree strongly. At this moment I am doing both. Constitution in schools In his weekly […]

“Values and principles” sounds like some well-meaning, but woolly, concept that would not have much impact in practice, when faced with the realities of power. That was definitely not the […]

Walking in Michuki Memorial Park recently, along the banks of the Nairobi River, both authors found plastics and other polluting materials visible to the naked eye. A river through the […]

I read an article in the New York Times that reminded me, not for the first time, of how in many ways our Constitution is superior – or potentially superior […]

George Gakono Gathomi was assaulted and tortured by two police officers, at the behest of the Water Irrigation Board allegedly for an unpaid water bill (not a crime!). He was […]

You have probably read about the turf war between the Inspector General of Police and the National Police Service Commission (the commission)–portrayed, sadly, as motivated by desire to control the […]

This may become an occasional series about the Constitution and public money. Like people, the state collects money, keeps money (hopefully safely) and uses (spends) money ¾ having, one hopes, decided sensibly […]

The Royal Prerogative’ still exists to some limited extent in the United Kingdom. It refers to the powers of the monarch (now exercised on the ‘advice’ of the government) simply […]