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Kenyanprudence of the Supreme Court on Constitutional Amendments

The Supreme Court of Kenya (KESC) is established under Article 163 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and the Supreme Court Act 2011 as the apex court. Its jurisdiction in...

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Reimagining Justice and Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence:

Twenty-three years, two months, and twenty-two days ago, Steven Spielberg released A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), a $95 million film featuring a robotic child— the first robot programmed to ...

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Justice Bahati Mwamuye in the ‘legal emergency room’

When democracy is threatened, and state suppression reigns supreme, progressive judges either emerge and arrest the decline, or disastrous judges take charge and embark on a frolic of their ow...

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The interface between judicial independence and judicial accountability in Kenya

Inspired by the vision of deconcentrating power from one entity, Montesquieu conceptualized Separation of powers to prevent abuse of power.1 In accompaniment, this concept comes with a working system ...

admin Dec 6, 2024 251 views

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Beyond The Bench; Chief Justice Martha Koome's vision for the Judiciary

In a rare and insightful conversation with Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome, she opens up on the driving forces behind the Judiciary’s vision and its dedication to shaping a people-centric judic...

admin Nov 5, 2024 230 views

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Achievements by Hon. Justice Martha Koome, EGH, Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya

Chief Justice Martha Koome, has been championing institutional reform under the Judiciary vision ‘Social Transformation through Access to Justice,’ (STAJ). The vision’s goal is to put in place a...

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Upholding judicial independence in Kenya

1. IntroductionThe quest for an independent Judiciary in Kenya is a never-ending struggle.This policy paper is urgent now, to address the growing overt and covert erosion of judicial independence, mor...

admin Oct 7, 2024 278 views

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A perspective on suspended declarations of Unconstitutionality

Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the legislature, executive, or judiciary should have the last word on constitutional guardianship. Constitutional guardianship can be understood in tw...

admin Oct 7, 2024 1,045 views

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Judicial financial independence in Africa: The context and issues

The inspiration for the book, Judicial financial independence in Africa: A study of eleven sub-Saharan countries, is the discordance between the principles of separation of powers and judicial indepen...

admin Oct 7, 2024 268 views