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With Dorcas Oduor’s nomination as Kenya’s first female Attorney General, Justin Muturi’s turbulent tenure marked by power struggles in President Ruto’s kitchen Cabinet has ended. Find out why the AG had to go in the August issue of NLM magazine, available on our website.
A tout wants the court to jail former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo over a Ksh3.4 million debt. Joseph Matano wants Kabogo jailed for failing to pay the compensation over an accident involving the politician's vehicle which led to the amputation of his leg.
Today, Kenya will be saying goodbye to a lot of things. Kenyans want to work hard for themselves under a government that works for them and does not get in their way at every turn.
In the Kenyatta and Moi regimes, it was unimaginable for a court to indict the President. The confidence and the audacity of the Judiciary to hold accountable the Executive has incrementally grown in line with the political growth and democratic development of the country.
President-elect William Ruto will publish government contracts with China and deport Chinese nationals working illegally if he is sworn in as the president. Currently Kenya owes China about Sh1.04 trillion.
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Celebrating 30 years of excellence
Al-Nur Media celebrates our Chairman’s pearl jubilee for 30 years of outstanding legal practice!
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, SC has set the bar for legal scholarship, practice, and advocacy throughout his legal career.
Commendable job
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Noordin Haji. Today, by withdrawing trumped up charges against
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, you demonstrated that even the small, downtrodden man has a chance at justice in this country.
As Uhuru's presidency winds down on the back of impressive infrastructure achievements, it cannot escape notice that Kenya’s Chinese loans will soon come to resemble Sri Lanka’s: unpayable and unserviceable.
Kenyans are fatigued with the political class. Despite constant state bullying, some bold courts are determined to advance the rule of law, and we are witnessing a gradual transfer of popular support from the political arms to the Judiciary.
Justice William Ouko believes no one, especially judges, gets away with injustice; that judges can be wrong - they're human after all - but aren't allowed to be wrongful; that great things are described in singular words — like humility.
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Findings from surveys of random samples of ordinary
citizens has revealed reassuring popular support for democracy and perceptions that weak democratic
performance has failed to strengthen state institutions as intended.
Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has announced that he will legally contest the results of the just ended Uganda election. Wine, who is also the opposition leader, has urged his supporters to refrain from violence as he prepares to challenge President Museveni's win in court.
For the total skeptics who view Koome’s act as the beginning of the end of judicial independence, their fears are not unfounded, writes Frankline Mbogori.
‘Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it is a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation’ – Charles Ruff
Retraction:
On Friday, January 13, we published an article, ‘Masterminding Somalia’s Misrule’ by Prof Abdiwahab Abdisamad. We have since established that the piece was factually inaccurate and therefore breached our editorial policy. We have since pulled down the article.
Yesterday’s election is significant for two major reasons; it ends a mandatory two-term tenure of a ruling President and two, pulls down the curtains on pioneer county governors. Here is why the governor’s seat is a test of citizen choices.
EACC intensifies investigations and recovery of corruptly acquired assets, moves to court to recover Sh25 million from a company associated with an employee of Turkana County Government that was paid millions for goods that it did not deliver. More👇
That a very senior editor at Nation has been suspended for the article on the Rai Family - because the newspaper didn't get a photo caption right - is the very manifestation of state capture
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Justice Weldon Koriri of the High Court declares Section 66 of the Penal Code unconstitutional following a petition by Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi. The Code outlaws the publication of "alarming information likely to cause panic and fear."
IEBC, which carries a battered image from three successive disputed presidential election outcomes is currently on a charm offensive to candidates and electorates, but, with a week to August 9th, can it deliver credible elections?
Post Pandemic Economy: Smartphone penetration along with low data tariffs and investments will supercharge Africa’s telecoms sector over the next five years. Senior executives in Africa foresee the sector exerting a strong influence on economic growth.
State machinery, including the State Law Office, is being marshalled to install Anne Kananu as Nairobi Governor before the 60-day window within which an election must be held closes. The scheme is meant prevent a by election & preempt petitions challenging her appointment
President William Ruto: I shall therefore be personally involved in ensuring that Kenyans get their taxes' worth of public services in full and that none, regardless of status, steals or wastes public resources. On this matter, I would like to let my actions speak for me.
US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter has resigned. He had two years left in his tenure, days before his boss, President Donald Trump, is set to leave office.
'The task of the advocate is to propound views to which he does not necessarily subscribe, and which are sometimes anathema to him, on behalf of clients whose conduct may not interest him, will often offend him, and can occasionally cause him outrage.' - Lord David Pannick QC
GREEN PORTFOLIO AT NSE: The Kenyan bourse has brought carbon exchange to East Africa. The portfolio is set to create an investment value chain across Kenya’s overall financial ecosystem to support climate change mitigating projects.
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"You could think of the courts as society’s Emergency Room. Nobody wants to go there unless they have a medical problem. And when one has to go, they want the best professionals, doing their best to help them. Courts must do the same for legal problems."
Global prices of wheat, vegetable oil & sugar have seen a drops since March, signaling an ease in the cost of living. Vegetable oil showed the clearest drop of the three commodities With this trend, are we likely to witness an inflation reprieve?
By appointing a large number of friends, loyalists and cronies to crucial state functions without due regard to their qualifications, he set himself up for failure from the beginning.
The BBI Court's departure on presidential immunity in civil proceedings seems justified for, while the Constitution contemplates a President bound by constitutional checks and balances, this is not the case in Kenya, writes Franklin Mbogori.
At least one person gets killed every two days in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Most of these cases are never resolved. Here is an expose on how Nairobi Police failures let people get away with murder
Some key filings and affidavits have been kept under lock and key at the registry at Safaricom's request but Nairobi Law Monthly is publishing this story because of its public interest, seeing that detailed data of Safaricom subscribers was stolen.
There have been incessant wrangles between the DPP and the DCI in relation to their respective mandates. Find out more about why DPP Hajji and DCI Kinoti Squabbles are undermining their critical mandates.
Kenya Power is what Kodak, KP&TC, and Eveready Batteries ever were before technology swallowed them. Here is how state patronage is driving the power distributor into the abyss
With her activist roots and willingness to creatively interpret the Constitution, she can be expected to make bold, precedent-turning decisions where the rights of the marginalised are involved.
Two weeks to the election day, politicians are having a field day as IEBC remains handicapped in implementing the Electoral Code of Conduct. This is bad for the country and here is why;
Francis Mburu, along with his sons, was arrested this afternoon at his home in Karen over the Ruaraka Land scam.
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and
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dwelt on this story extensively. We hope the DPP will soon go for the directors of Hydro Developers as well
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For better or worse, President Uhuru’s legacy must be looked at through the lens of the August Election. Two months out, it is clear the President has unfinished business and is in the thick of the makings of murky succession politics.
The silly season is here with us once again. As is the norm, Kenyans will pick their worst sons and daughters, and then cry until the next cycle. But, should the integrity test be set at the ballot?
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So, what does the depreciation of the Kenyan shilling mean for the country? First and foremost, it indicates that imported goods will continue to be costly for Kenyans.
We unreservedly apologize to our readers for that editorial slight, and assure the Nairobi Law Monthly community of our commitment to balanced, factual reporting.
In a continuing series, we further expose the fraudulent and unethical practices of an oil multinational that seems to have co-opted regulators and is therefore 'untouchable'
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PIEA REPORT: Brace for tough days ahead as political uncertainty to keep pushing fuel prices higher. This is besides high and rising domestic inflation and the strengthening of the US dollar that is impacting the cash flow.
The constitution provides that there should be 11 members of the JSC: the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General, one judge from of each level of the higher courts, chosen by their peers
"COVID-19 has further exposed the inhumanity of the state and the elite political leadership in its actions during this crisis: extrajudicial killings; demolition of the housing of the poor in Kariobangi and Ruai, and disobedience of court orders"
~Dr Willy Mutunga
“For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.” Vladimir Putin has often deployed this philosophy against his political opponents with success. This is why whoever wins this election must avoid Putin-style rule of law.
Former Presidential contender Raila Odinga claims Supreme Court decision to throw out his petition was a dictatorship moments after jetting back in Kenya. He argued that the 7-judge bench could not explain the rationale behind the ruling.
Courts have been accused of being activist and insufficiently deferential to elected representatives. But, as custodians of the law, human rights & freedoms, we must stand in the way of democratic majorities likely to degenerate into majority tyranny."
After many cycles of betrayed hopes, Kenya votes again this month on August 9. Neither frontrunner promises a leftward break, but their visions differ vastly. Here is a recap on the choice facing Kenya today and how we got here; 👇
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Uhuru’s Legacy: What happens to the trend that has become synonymous with President Uhuru Kenyatta of relying on military personnel in the running of key government functions when he leaves the seat of power in early September or thereabout?
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Every year, African countries continue to suffer significant losses from illicit financial flows, estimated at $50 billion to $80 billion. But, what progress is being made to tackle tax evasion and other illicit financial flows?? Read more 👇
Kenyans head to the polls tomorrow amid acute intra-elite tensions. President Uhuru has united with Raila Odinga against DP Ruto, who is bitterly at odds with Kenyatta. Here are key political and economic interests at stake in tomorrow’s elections.
Such bold acts by public officers as DPP Haji's today, especially where there is change of guard, send a strong message of change and reform, and must be robustly replicated
A synchronised diplomatic offensive by African states, which resulted in a historic deal to set up a “loss and damage” fund, highlights deepening unity and cooperation on the continent.
"We the people, after creating the Constitution, not only imposed it on the ruling elite but also handed over the baby to the same elite to bring it up. We handed the baby Constitution to a political leadership of child traffickers and their body parts."
~ Dr Willy Mutunga
NEWS UPDATE: Court of Appeal refuses to lift High Court order, maintaining the suspension of Finance Act 2023. Parties instructed to appear on July 28 for further proceedings