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ADVISORY OPINION ON SUCCESSION PLANNING IN STATE AND PUBLIC OFFICES
INTRODUCTION The Commission on Administrative Justice, also known as the Office of the Ombudsman, (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) is a Constitutional…
Year in review: Hits and misses
Prof joseph Kieyah As cannot be repeated too often, the peaceful promulgation of the Constitution 2010 was a major milestone. It symbolised both an…
Jubilee is the personification of what bad governance means
Government’s closet is full of skeletons, which include failed promises, mismatched priorities, utter arrogance and lack of strategy. But the ugliest of them all…
Cord a study on how not to run opposition affairs
Aden Duale Considering the events from as far back as the General Election in 2013, the question that Kenyans need to ask themselves is…
Our kind of football mirrors our social soul
In the build up to 2017 African Cup of Nations finals, Kenya played Zambia in a Group E qualifiers match on Sunday September 6…
A society without the arts is empty
There is a Swahili saying, “mwacha mila ni mtumwa”, that suggests that those who ignore their culture(s) are slaves. The implication of this statement…
New era in witness protection
Witness protection is recognised as a fundamental human right, by various instruments of both national and international law in the administration of justice. Article…
A question of ethics
It is not my intention with this article to appeal to the passions of my colleagues. I ask only for their impartial reasoning. I…
Perils of child offenders in a criminal justice system that ignores them
December 10 is International Human Rights Day, dedicated to commemorating the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. It is an opportunity to examine how governments…
Bitter-sweet deal on proprietary rights
The term spouse is neither defined under the Land Registration Act (hereinafter also referred to as LRA), nor in the Matrimonial property Act, 2013.…