As Kenya’s political class considers expanding the executive branch of government, no one seems to be talking about restricting its powers.
Kenya's Executive and Legislature are guilty of a major dereliction of duty that has caused the judiciary to be turned into the primary arena of political...
With the country in the grip of a global pandemic and grappling with an ailing economy, is constitutional reform a priority when it’s not clear that...
The current crop of politicians is demanding for a constitutional change barely 10 years into the 2010 constitutional era. These calls for constitutional change are being...
The 2010 Kenyan constitution has been hailed as a governing masterpiece. Now in light of possible changes through the BBI referendum critical questions about the necessity...
The Supreme Court's edict to President Kenyatta on the 2/3rds gender rule was the only legal way to go argues Prof. Makau Mutua. However, while the...
The Supreme Court’s ‘advisory’ to President Kenyatta emerged out of a constitution that anticipates the President’s recalcitrance with regards to issues such as the 2/3rds gender...
The Chief Justice's advisory on the two-thirds gender rule to the President is the most consequential decision of the Supreme Court to date. Constitutional lawyer and...
Kenya's journey towards a liberal constitution has been long and twisting. The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) anticipates still undefined changes on the ten-year constitution that some...
Atsango Chesoni, lawyer, renowned human rights advocate, former deputy chairperson of the Committee of Experts (COE) that finalised the current constitution, former Bomas delegate in the...
