Litigation

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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Katiba Institute’s Dudley Ochiel named Jurist of the year 2023

Dudley Ochiel, a Litigation Counsel at Katiba Institute, was on 8 December 2023 named the Jurist of the year 2023 during ICJ Kenya’s Jurist of the Year Awards held in […]
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High Court invalidates single-source contract for bulk grain handling facilities at Mombasa port.

The case: Okoiti v Kenya Ports Authority & 5 Others (Petition E045 of [2021] & E018 of [2022] (Consolidated)) [2023] KEHC 20571 (KLR) (18 July 2023) (Judgment)  KI’s Role: KI […]
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A problematic decision: the High Court rules that it does not have jurisdiction over violations of the right of access to information. 

The case: Okioma & 12 others v Kagwe, Cabinet Secretary for Health & 8 others (Petition 218 of 2020) [2023] KEHC 22245 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (15 September 2023) […]
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Supreme Court affirms the rights of children in conflict with the law, reprimands media houses. 

The case: Macharia & 6 Others v Standard Group & 4 Others, SC Pet 13 (E015 of 2022)   KI’s role: KI represented the appellants in this case, seven children […]
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Katiba Institute trains Advocates on the criminalization of environment and land defenders.

Katiba Institute, with the support of the World Resources Institute and the Alliance for Land, Indigenous and Environment Defenders (ALLIED), undertook a training of advocates from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania on […]
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Chief Justice (Emeritus) Hon. David K. Maraga officially opens the 2022 Africa Strategic Human Rights Litigation Course

The 14th Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya David Maraga, FCIArb, EGH officially opened the 2022 Africa Strategic Human Rights Litigation Course on 7th November 2022 The course is […]
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Katiba Institute, Open Society Initiative Host Litigation Course in Nairobi 

Katiba Institute and the Open Society Justice Initiative hosted the 2022 Africa Strategic Human Rights Litigation Course in Nairobi, Kenya bringing together 40 students from 16 countries for a one-week […]
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