For years now, human rights defenders in Kenya have bemoaned the shrinking civic space and the absence of avenues to communicate public grievances.
Did you know an offender incapable of paying court fines at once can do so in installments within a given period? Certainly, knowledge makes us equal!
Of all the fundamental rights ever codified to how a society can craft and reshape its affairs, the right to protest is the alma mater of popular sovereignty.
The demonstrations have condemned ethnicity, patrimonialism and gerontocracy of the local leaders in all their dimensions.
In light of the recent anti-Finance Bill demonstrations, maybe it is an opportune moment to discuss the draft law that touches on the right to assembly and demonstrations in Kenya.
It is the police who would still permit an assembly or a demonstration yet they are the same persons who would evaluate the conduct of the assembled and demonstrators.
Counties are way too starved of financial resources to effectively and efficiently implement their mandates in integrated recurrent and development planning.