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Governance: Understanding the parliamentary system

Raila Odinga wants to see a parliamentary system reintroduced. It has been pointed out many times that ODM were at least complicit in the shift to a presidential system, when […]
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Katiba Institute wants Uhuru’s staffer convicted for not divulging public information

Katiba Institute wants DPP to prosecute Secretary to President’s Delivery Unit for refusing to divulge information on government adverts. The Institute had made a Freedom of Information request directed at Andrew Wakahiu […]
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Freedom of the media: But whose freedom is it really?

When the CKRC was debating the freedom of the media, I proposed that the freedom could be secured only if media owners did not own or control any other commercial […]
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Beware of Conmen posing as Katiba Institute staff

We have learnt with great concern that certain members of the public have been the victims of conmanship by people who have posed as representatives of Katiba Institute. The recent […]
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Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative & Katiba Institute Right to Information Learning Programme in India

Kenya enacted its Access to Information Act in August 2016. Although this law has become operational with immediate effect, Regulations for detailing the procedures for seeking and obtaining information and […]
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What does it mean when a law is unconstitutional?

A quick Google search of the Star for “unconstitutional” produces results like: The Supreme Court has said the mandatory death sentence is unconstitutional Uhuru has declared an unconstitutional state of emergency over […]
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Hong Kong and Kenya: For submission or resilience?

A British colony for 150 years, Hong Kong (HK) returned to Mainland China 20 years ago, though with its own constitution and a “high degree of autonomy”. But that constitution […]
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Call for a proposal for developing a monitoring and evaluation system for Katiba Institute

Call for expression of interest/proposal to consult in developing a comprehensive framework and an online-based System for monitoring and evaluation for Katiba Institute Katiba Institute (KI) is a non-profit non-governmental […]
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