Kenya’s 2013 Sports Act is among the statutes that were created just after the promulgation of the country’s 2010 Constitution with the good intent to govern and consequently promote sports in Kenya. However, ever since, ...

Reports from Kenyan courts show an increasing number of acquittals due to poor and/or lack of evidence. This is the situation in Kenya despite the establishment of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) that has ...

Procreation in Africa is held with high esteem. Infertility therefore results to a great deal of humiliation, ridicule and in a worst-case scenario, physical and or emotional abuse. Surrogacy resultantly, is not a new ...

An arbitral award is final and binding on the parties but may be set aside for failure to adhere to due process requirements. Section 35 of the 1995 Arbitration Act (the Act hereinafter) provides grounds for setting aside ...

Right to counsel is a fundamental right in ensuring a fair trial for the accused. In the adversarial legal system, an unrepresented accused is already at a disadvantage in conducting his case as compared to the prosecutor ...

Prior to exploration activities by Tullow Oil plc in Kenya, several Production Sharing Contracts (PSC’s) were signed between the Government of Kenya and the multinational corporation over exploration activities in Turkana ...

The paper brings to light the notion that Kenya’s anti-sodomy laws are unconstitutional and incompatible with international human rights instruments. In relation, the paper looks at the constitutional approach to ...

The 2010 Kenyan Constitution, unlike the independence Constitution, endorses the significance of customary law and provides for its application within the legal system. The operative integration of customary law is provided ...

“I hear the waves on our island shore, they sound much louder than they did before. A rising swell flecked with foam, threatens the existence of our island home. A strong wind blows in from a distant place, the palm trees ...

The main objective of this research project was to establish whether the use of firearms io disperse crowds as provided by Kenyan law, specifically sections of the Public Order Act and the Penal Code, is a justified ...