The first politician who argued emphatically to the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission for abolition of the executive presidency (“imperial presidency” as he called it) was Mwai Kibaki, then Leader […]

What are police for? The Constitution says how the police should do what they do (respecting human rights, with integrity, without corruption, professionally, and while fostering relationships – presumably good ones – […]

So Moi Day is still a public holiday! As usual, it is interesting to track through the various constitution drafts. In 2002 the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission did not […]

The public and the media are showing much interest in the Constitution. To some extent it may be that people’s expectations of the Constitution have not, or only partially, met. […]

Kenyans are currently very focussed on criminal law ― and whether it will do justice to various prominent people accused of corruption, and worse, and to the people of Kenya […]

Last Saturday in the Siasa pullout, Martin Ogindo assumed that proportional representation (PR) is necessarily better than our current election system. But first, what is PR? Its point is to […]

If Kenyans thought that the devolution during 2013-17 was sometimes a pretty dismal spectacle, the second is turning out to be even more of … one is tempted to say […]

Attending a conference on democracy, elections and constitutionalism, we listen to presenters talking about countries such as Ethiopia (before PM Abiy Ahmed), Rwanda, Egypt (under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ) and […]