The ghost of Justice Philip Waki: Has Kenya outgrown, or merely institutionalized, state sponsored goonism?

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The ghost of Justice Philip Waki: Has Kenya outgrown, or merely institutionalized, state sponsored goonism?

On 15 October 2008, Justice Philip Waki delivered to President Mwai Kibaki and the Panel of Eminent African Personalities a 529 page indictment of Kenya\'s political culture: the Report of the ...

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From Strathmore Law School to Harvard Law School and back: Nyaga Dominic on judgment, institutions and building where it matters

\"Mountains are completely unimpressed by your CV.\" It is an unexpected observation from someone with such a rich CV. Someone whose journey has taken him from Strathmore Law School to Harvar...

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The robed and the damned: When Kenya's judiciary eats its own

There is a certain theatre to the Kenyan judiciary, the wigs, the gravitas, the almost religious invocation of \"justice for all.\" Yet, behind this carefully maintained image of respectabilit...

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The resource curse reimagined: Will the Dangote Lamu refinery empower local communities or institutionalise marginalisation?

AbstractBy Donald Nyongesa Lamu Old Town has stood on Kenya\'s northern coast for the better part of seven centuries, inscribed by UNESCO in 2001 as evidence that a Swahili trading culture coul...

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The threshold of incitement hate speech law in Kenya and the question of whether it can work

A man in a red shirt climbs onto the flatbed truck. He is not a Member of Parliament. He is not yet anything. He wants to be something in 2027, and this is how one becomes something. He speak...

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A toast to integration or a hangover of distrust? Rwanda's alcohol ban and East Africa's harmonization dilemma

In his book, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe notes that food is not just for eating, it is a symbol of wealth, power, and connection. He goes a great mile to demonstrate that indeed the highe...

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A farewell in excellence: Celebrating Miracle Okoth Okumu Mudeyi’s journey to Yale Law School

At The Platform for Law, Justice and Society, we have long understood that institutions are, at their core, the sum of the people who give themselves to their work with purpose, intellect, and q...

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Recovering its prophetic voice

Kenya is in political angst. Public confidence is at an all time low. Political violence is spreading. Youth frustration is growing. Those entrusted with leadership are detached from the dail...

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No African should be a stranger in Africa

Here is a fact that should embarrass every one of us: it is often easier for a European or American passport holder to travel around Africa than it is for Africans from many of our own countri...

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