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30Aug/23

THE RIGHT TO PROTEST: ENFORCEMENT, PROTECTION

August 30, 2023Access to Justice, Blog, HUMAN RIGHTS, Uncategorizedconstitution, human rights, police, protest, RightsLawQuery

The Constitution of Kenya is the pillar of the right to demonstrate, picket, assemble, and present petitions to public authorities. This is provided for under Article 37. However, as the US Supreme

How Does the Court Determine Who Gets Custody of Any Children of the Marriage?

October 24, 2022Blog, Christian Marriage, Civil Marriage, Customary Marriage, Divorce, Hindu Marriage, Islamic Marriage, Marriage, MarriageCustomary Marriage, divorce, Islamic Marriage, Kadhi, marriage, marriage registrationLawQuery

The Marriage Act, 2014 is an Act of Parliament that sets out the law relating to marriage in Kenya. It came into force on 1 September 2014. The Act repealed the Marriage

The Small Claims Court.

October 14, 2022Access to Justice, ADR, Blog, Digital Technology, E-Filing, Electronic Case Management, Judiciary, Kenya, SCC, SMSaccess to justice, Adjudicators, Backlog, court, Jurisdiction, Kes One Million, PDF, Small Claims Court, Subordinate CourtLawQuery

Introduction The Small Claims Court is established by the Small Claims Act 2016. This is a subordinate court in the structure of the court system in Kenya under Article 169 (1) of

JUDICIARY OF KENYA E-FILING SERVICE.

October 14, 2022Access to Justice, ADR, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Blog, Constitution, Digital Technology, Employment, Labour, Environment and Natural Resources, Judiciary, Kenya, Simplified Laws, SMS, USSDaccess to justice, Digital, DPP, E-Filing, human rights, ICT, Judiciary, Judiciary ICT, kenya, kenya law, Milimani, RegistryLawQuery

The Practice Directions on Electronic Case Management were gazetted on 24th March 2020 through Kenya Gazette Notice No. 2357 under the Civil Procedures Act. The system, which was developed by the Judiciary Information

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

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)

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