Cases

Summaries of cases that KI is involved

Katiba Institute Challenges Police Use of Force and Firearms Directive:

Katiba Institute has filed a constitutional petition (HCCHRPET/E275/2026) contesting Policy Directive No. 1 of 2025 on the conditions governing the use of force and firearms, which was issued on 18 […]
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High Court grants the Office of the Chief Justice 30 more days to file a Replying Affidavit after a one-year delay in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Fair Administrative Action Rules, 2024:

Today, we appeared before Hon. Justice Gregory Mutai for a mention of our Petition contesting the constitutionality of the Fair Administrative Action Rules, 2024. On 28 March 2025, Katiba Institute […]
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Katiba Institute Challenges Worldcoin’s Biometric Data Collection

Katiba Institute, through a Judicial Review application, went to court to challenge the collection, processing, and transfer of iris and facial images (biometric data) using the World Coin App and […]
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RULING: Tekle Fisseha Mengistu and Katiba Institute and 1 Others Vs Global Witness and Kenya Human Rights Commission and 6 Others

The petitioners (two Ethiopian Nationals; Abrham Meareg and Fisseha Tekle) and Katiba Institute filed a Petition dated 14th December 2022 challenging the respondent’s (Global Witness) failure to regulate the Facebook […]
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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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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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