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This troubling pattern of turning police into debt collectors not only betrays the principles of justice but also exposes the dangerous erosion of human dignity enshrined in our Constitution.
KMPDC should concern itself with whether doctors adhered to professional standards, not whether divine intervention occurred and whether that is believable or not.
The recent Nakuru High Court orders barring public entities from engaging private advocates have stirred intense debate across the legal and governance landscape.
The quality, rigour and diversity of the questions and areas tested for the Court of Appeal interviews would make SC Nzamba Kitonga to smile in his grave.
The Constitution was designed with a deep awareness of history. It emerged from a past in which political power routinely reached into institutions meant to restrain it.
The standard by which a judiciary is judged is the quality of its thinking. Courts go beyond resolving disputes.
Contemporary scholarship converges on a central insight: journalism stands at a crossroads shaped by commercialisation, political hostility, digital disruption, and an empowered public sphere.
Judicial Tribunal report in South Africa concerning Judge President Mbenenge offers Kenya an opportunity to reflect on how sexual harassment complaints are handled
In every constitutional democracy, there comes a quiet test of character, a moment when power must decide whether it serves the crowd or the country.
The court required the responsible institutions to engage each other and design lawful mechanisms for preventing violence in future elections.
Sometimes courts in Kenya produce decisions so startling that the law itself seems to recoil.
A judiciary that is defensive rather than proactive in terms of communication strategy will always be caught off guard and trail back in ‘managing the situation.’
In recent months, Kenya has witnessed a renewed contest over fiscal governance, public participation, and the limits of executive authority.
Kenya’s judicial officers must improve the quality of their decision writing, as poorly reasoned or one-line rulings, especially in the magistracy, undermine justice and public confidence.
There is a worrying trend where the Judiciary is glaringly effective only in cases where the government is the appellant, but that rarely will a matter filed under urgency be dealt with as such.
Kenya’s judicial registry highlights systemic delays, inefficiency and informal “facilitation” shaping access to justice.
A legal commentary argues that recurring quorum challenges at the Supreme Court of Kenya highlight the need to reconsider the number of judges through constitutional reform.
A section of lawmakers have threatened to discontinue former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s benefits on the basis that he is now actively engaging in politics.
Governor Irungu Kang’ata’s apparent exit from UDA fuels debate over loyalty, survival politics and Mt Kenya succession dynamics.
While technology has improved access to justice and court efficiency, it should not replace oral advocacy, which remains essential to legal training, and the tradition of courtroom litigation.
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