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Society

Apr 12, 2026 157 admin

The Long Title

1. Abstract A long title is often described as one of the most consequential parts of an Act of Parliament or a proposed legislation. It is the section that is primarily relied on to highligh...

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justice

Apr 12, 2026 157 admin

Closing the impunity gap: The Imperative for a dedicated Convention on Crimes Against Humanity

IntroductionThe just-concluded 25th Session of the Kenya Model United Nations provided us with vital insights into whether the world will finally fix a major missing piece in the three main pi...

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Society

Apr 12, 2026 179 admin

A Lockean audit of Kenya’s Constitutional Trusteeship

“Whenever the legislators endeavour to take away, and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the...

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Jul 2, 2025 248 admin

Extra-judicial killings in Kenya: A threat to Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law, and national image

Kenya has long struggled with the menace of extra-judicial killings, a persistent issue that undermines the country\'s constitutional democracy, the rule of law, and its international reputat...

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Society

Jul 2, 2025 180 admin

When the gavel follows the commander’s whistle: A spotlight on civilian trials in military Courts

A military court is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the armed forces subject to military law. In the military A military court, also known as a court-martial, is a specialized j...

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Jul 2, 2025 214 admin

25th June – Gen Z: What can virtue do in the face of brute force?

Today’s demonstrations commemorate Kenya\'s Generation Z public outrage over the proposed Finance Bill 2024. The youth meet the promised brute force with the epitaph, “In Loving Memory o...

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law

Jul 2, 2025 184 admin

Starved of justice: Financial strangulation of courts and the rule of law in East Africa

In recent years, threats to judicial independence in East Africa have evolved from overt executive interference and political persecution to more subtle, systemic forms of control such as judi...

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Society

Jul 2, 2025 207 admin

Say his Name: When police cells become coffins and speaking the truth becomes a death sentence in Kenya

On the afternoon of June 7, 2025, Albert Ojwang was arrested while having lunch with his wife and young son in their village in Kakoth, Homa Bay County. He was 31 years old, a father, a husban...

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Jul 2, 2025 172 admin

Where power violates: Sexual violence as a tool of political control

Much of the world has historically viewed Kenya as an island of peace and economic potential in a roiling sea of stateless chaos, genocide, dictatorships, child soldiers, and decades-long civi...

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politics

Jul 2, 2025 217 admin

Militarizing justice: The prosecution of civilians and the shrinking of civic space in Uganda

The growing use of military courts to prosecute civilians in Uganda raises urgent concerns about judicial overreach, authoritarian entrenchment, and the erosion of democratic protections natio...

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law

Jul 2, 2025 172 admin

Law as weapon: A study of criminal justice suppression of Civic Space in the East Africa Community

In the recent past and also in the present, there has been an increasing concern over the reaction of governments to dissenting voices and opposition. Governments throughout the East African C...

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politics

Jun 2, 2025 370 admin

Queen of Quiet Terror: Samia Suluhu’s Media Mirage, Secret Cells, and Tanzania’s Rule-of Law Rupture

This article critically examines the worsening human rights situation in Tanzania under President Samia Suluhu Hassan by focusing on the suppression of dissent, erosion of civil liberties, enforce...

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