On June 20, 2014, Lamu was placed under a night curfew by the Inspector-General of Police. Shortly after, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior imposed a night travel ban on public […]

Katiba Institute has moved to court seeking to have the Inspector General of Police cited for alleged contempt over the erection of roadblocks across Nairobi during the June 25 commemorations. […]

International IDEA, based in Sweden, produces an annual report on the state of democracy worldwide. Each year this includes a special topic—which this year is “democracy on the move”. The […]

Nairobi, 6 August 2025 Katiba Institute and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) have filed Petition No. HCCHRPET E480 OF 2025 at the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Milimani) […]

Katiba Institute (KI) will participate in the 2025 Devolution Conference, which will be held in Homa Bay County from 12 to 15 August 2025. On 13 August, the first day […]

Law Society of Kenya President Faith Odhiambo noted that the arrest and detention of Mulei at Capitol Hill Police Station is a violation of her rights as the alleged offense […]

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. […]