Waikwa Wanyoike explores the political and jurisprudential implications of the BBI judgement by the Appeal Court.
What is a state and what is a nation? How have the two co-existed within our country and especially within the last few decades? The impact...
At its heart, the BBI Judgment is about power, and the judges in the majority believe that the constitution acts as a barrier against the concentration...
On May 14th the Kenyan High Court declared the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2021 unconstitutional. The proponent moved to the Court of Appeal who affirmed the decision...
The Court of Appeal on Friday, August 20 ruled that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s attempt to change the Constitution through the BBI process was unconstitutional. Constitutional lawyer...
The IEBC is a Fourth Branch institution that – as the name suggests – is responsible for supervising elections and referenda, and for related matters such...
On 20 August 2021, a seven-judge bench of the Kenyan Court of Appeal delivered judgment in a set of consolidated cases known as the “BBI Appeals”....
The process of popular initiative must be guarded from abuse. A State actor, who is otherwise barred from initiating a popular initiative, cannot originate a proposal...
Kenya’s historic May 13, 2021 High Court decision to declare the Building Bridges Initiative unconstitutional was widely hailed as a testament to the strength and independence...
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The Building Bridges Initiative has only opened up the more important discussion of Kenyans coming to terms with their social realities. It cannot be expected to...
Kenya is about 60% youth with the median age of the country being 19.7 years. Recent calls for a referendum have very real and direct implications...
