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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

September 30, 2022Access to Justice, ADR, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Blog, Human Rights, Kenya, Mediation, Reconciliation, Simplified Lawsaccess to justice, Arbitration, case law, constitution, human rights, mediation, online dispute resolution, ReconciliationLawQuery

A CASE FOR MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION The Constitution of Kenya under Article 159 encourages use of alternative forms of dispute resolution including reconciliation, Mediation, Arbitration and traditional dispute resolution mechanisms. Mediation and

DIVERSION

September 27, 2022Access to Justice, Courts and Tribunals, Criminal Justice, Criminal justice, Diversion, Education, Equality, Human Rights, HUMAN RIGHTS, Kenya, Kenyaaccess to justice, constitution, criminal justice, Diversion, human rights, justice, kenya, kenya lawLawQuery

ELIGIBILITY AND PROCESS WHAT IS DIVERSION? It is a process of disposing cases without trial particularly cases of children in conflict with the law. LEGISLATIVE RATIONALE The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 promotes

HATE SPEECH

September 27, 2022Access to Justice, Amendment, Constitution, County Government, Education, Elections 2022, Elections, Political Parties, Equality, Government, HUMAN RIGHTS, Kenyaaccess to justice, constitution, hate speech, human rights, justice, kenya, kenya law, NCICLawQuery

Hate speech is any kind of communication in speech, writing or behavior that attracts or uses pejorative of discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis of

Data Protection Regulations:

September 23, 2022Big Data, Blog, Business, Data Processor, Data Protection, Data Protection Commissioner, Data Protection Regulations, Digital Lenders, Gambling Data, Government, Health Data, PrivacyLawQuery

Data Controller and Data Processor The Data Protection (Registration of Data Controllers and Data Processors) Regulations, 2021 were published by the Data Protection Commissioner in the Kenya Gazette on 14th January 2022. The

LICENCING REQUIREMENTS FOR DIGITAL LENDERS

September 23, 2022Amendment, Blog, Business, Central Bank Of Kenya, Digital Lenders, Education, Kenya, Licencing, Other Laws, Simplified LawsLawQuery

The Central Bank of Kenya (the CBK) is now set to fully regulate digital credit providers after publishing applicable regulations – The Central Bank of Kenya (Digital Credit Providers) Regulations, 2022 (the DCP Regulations).

Members of National Assembly – Functions and Powers.

September 21, 2022Access to Justice, Blog, Constitution, Economic Integration Of women, Education, Elections 2022, Elections, Political Parties, Kenya, National assembly, Parliamentary Procedures, Senateaccess to justice, constitution, covid19, human rights, kenya, kenya law, marriage registration, women and the lawLawQuery

The Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic of Kenya and binds all persons and all state organs at the National and County levels of Government. The legislative authority of the

International Equal Pay Day 2022: Why is Equal Pay Important?

September 20, 2022Blog, Business, Constitution, Economic Integration Of women, Economic Integration of women, Employment, Labour, Equal Renumeration, Family, Marriage, Succession, Kenya, Land And Property, Simplified Laws, Women, Women and the Law, Youth and Genderaccess to justice, constitution, equity, gender pay Disparity, gender pay gap, International Equal Pay Day, women and the lawLawQuery

Article 27 (3) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 stipulates the right to equal treatment between men and women in political, economic, cultural, and social spheres. In addition to this Section 5(5)

Fuel Price crisis: How Kenya’s subsidy system works.

September 15, 2022Blog, County Government, Fuel Crisis, Kenya, Kenya, Market forces, Presidency, Price Controls, Price Hike, SubsidyLawQuery

Fuel Price crisis: How Kenya’s subsidy system works. The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) is established as the successor to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) under the Energy Act, 2019 with an

Monarchy Powers and Rules

September 13, 2022Blog, Family, Marriage, Succession, History, International Law, Monarchy, Other Laws, royal family, Royalty, Royalty, Women and the LawCommonwealth, England, Monarchy, Powers, Rules, successionLawQuery

The monarch is the head of state. The queen does not rule, she reigns. The government rules and as the head of state in the UK she’s required to follow the governments

Demystifying the HIV & AIDS Tribunal

September 22, 2021Access to Justice, Blog, Courts and Tribunals, Huma Rights, Human Rights, HUMAN RIGHTS, Human Rightsaccess to justice, HIV & AIDS, human rights, kenya lawadmin

Part 1 The Constitution, 2010, brought many changes to the 3 arms of Government. With respect to the Judiciary, the Constitution introduced the Supreme Court, the Environment and Land Court as well