It used to be unusual to find specific mention of international law in national constitutions, including in our old Constitution. But, like many more recent documents, our constitution gives prominence […]

SOME LEGAL HISTORY Our first “hate speech” law emerged from the 2007- 08 post-election violence. Not surprisingly, the emphasis was on ethnic hatred. The National Cohesion and Integration (NCIC) Act, […]

Congratulations to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights for a considerable victory in its campaign to see the crime of attempting suicide removed from Kenya’s Penal Code. In 2022 […]

The politicians were responding to questions about “abductions”, of course. Many people have expressed their disgust and anger at the way in which politicians responded to the desperation of Kenyans, […]

I wrote last August about the case on the 2023 Finance Act in the Court of Appeal. That court had held the Act invalid because of lack of public participation. […]

Why it is risky for Supreme Court judges to sit in different benches Chief Justice Martha Koome recently proposed that the constitution be amended to raise the number of Supreme […]

The Bill currently before the Senate, introduced by Senator Samson Cherargei is mostly about giving the Senate more power, including at the expense of the National Assembly. Many appointments would […]

43. (1) Every person has the right— …(b) to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation. What does the Constitution mean by this? It means a bit […]