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Kenya cannot be governed by goons

The violence in Homa Bay is not an isolated political disturbance. It is another grisly instalment in a national story that is becoming increasingly difficult to disguise, rationalise or expla...

admin Sep 4, 2026 532 views

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Is Sifuna the next President of the Republic of Kenya? Inside the making of a candidacy that has turned rallies into referenda on justice, power and the promise of Canaan

IntroductionThere is a river every Kenyan politician eventually has to cross, at least rhetorically, and its name has never been the Tana or the Athi. It is the Jordan. For nearly three decade...

admin Aug 5, 2026 5,219 views

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Is the Ol Kalou By-Election a dress rehearsal for 2027 or a warning Kenya cannot ignore?

The Ol Kalou by-election may have determined who represents one constituency, but its significance extends far beyond Nyandarua County. It has reignited important questions about the state of ...

admin Aug 5, 2026 227 views

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The ghosts have found a resting place: Dugdale, bad law and remedial evasion in the Gachagua impeachment judgment

AbstractThe High Court’s ruling in Gachagua & 57 others v Speaker, National Assembly & 35 others marks a seminal moment in Kenyan constitutional jurisprudence, offering the first rig...

admin Jul 6, 2026 5,383 views

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Enemy of the People

There is a way a country begins to know that its President no longer feels answerable to it. It is not always dramatic. There is no siren, no formal announcement, no Cabinet memo titled betray...

admin Jun 3, 2026 7,691 views

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African judiciaries and authoritarianism: Rethinking standards of proof in presidential election petitions

African judiciaries, as virtually all judiciaries, have one fundamental duty; to be the guardians of constitutionalism, yet in practice they sometimes entrench authoritarian tendencies knowing...

admin Jun 3, 2026 329 views

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Deepening Integration, demanding Accountability: Key takeaways from the 25th EAC Summit

IntroductionOn the 7th of March 2026, the East African Community Heads of State convened in Arusha Tanzania, for the 25th ordinary Summit; under the theme ‘Deepening integration for improved...

admin Apr 13, 2026 437 views

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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...

admin Jul 2, 2025 454 views

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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...

admin Jun 2, 2025 590 views