Litigation

The Inspector General of Police can be held responsible for the actions of the Officers under his command– High Court of Kenya

The High Court, in a judgment dated 31 December 2024, allowed Katiba Institute’s Judicial Review application to hold Japhet Koome Nchebere personally responsible for his statement on 14 April 2024 […]
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Katiba Institute Challenges the Constitutionality of Public Notices by CA & KRA on IMEI Numbers

Katiba Institute has filed a Petition at the Nairobi High Court Constitutional and Human Rights Division challenging the constitutionality of the public notices issued by the Communications Authority of Kenya […]
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The High Court of Kenya declares the Privatisation Act 2023 Unconstitutional

The High Court of Kenya declared the Privatisation Act 2023 unconstitutional on 24 September 2024. Katiba Institute filed a petition challenging the constitutionality of sections 7, 22(5), 48(1), 50, and […]
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Our latest Newsletter is Out!

Greetings from Katiba Institute. Welcome to our first newsletter of the year. The newsletter highlights Katiba Institute’s cases up to March 2024. They include a petition challenging the privatisation of […]
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Kenyan High Court strikes down subversion law, upholding freedom of expression

The High Court of Kenya at Nakuru has outlawed the offence of subversion. This follows a judgment delivered on 18 March 2024 by Judge Mohochi S. M. Recalling the former […]
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Press Release: Robbery With Violence Petition

Nairobi, Tuesday, 30 January 2024: Katiba Institute (KI) has filed a petition challenging the continued use of laws criminalising robbery with violence and attempted robbery with violence. We did so […]
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Governments, courts and litigation

Two things early this week resonated nicely with each other. First let me share some quotes: “The Judicial Review process is being abused by campaigners who disagree with policy set […]
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WAIKWA WANYOIKE: Strategic Litigation as a guardrail to protect and sustain Kenya’s transformative 2010 Constitution

(11th CB Madan Memorial Lecture presented by Waikwa Wanyoike on 15 December 2023 at Strathmore Law School ) OverviewIn this paper, I try to do three things. First, I attempt […]
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