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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

Community Land Acquisition and Stakeholders’ Management in light of the newly enacted Community Land Act No. 27 of 2016

September 14, 2021Blog, Land And Property, Land and Property Rightscommunity, land act, land law, property lawadmin

Kenyan’s recently got a window into the State’s level of frustration when President Uhuru Kenyatta’s deputy chief of staff Mr. Waita Nzioka warned that cartels out to profiteer from the implementation of

Why income from illegal activities ought to be brought within the tax bucket

September 8, 2021Blog, Business, Taxaccess to justice, business, kenya law, tax, taxationadmin

The National Treasury has for the 2016/2017 fiscal year set an ambitious revenue collection target for the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). This calls for enhanced tax base and improved revenue administration processes.

The new Public Procurement Law: A shot in the arm for successful implementation of public projects

August 30, 2021Blog, County Government, Environment and Natural Resourcesaccess to justice, human rights, kenya law, project, public procurement lawadmin

Kenya is notorious for public projects being false-starts, cost overruns on their budgets and delayed timelines. Public projects have almost been synonymous to and tagged to the infamous white elephants, gravy train

SURROGACY IN KENYA: PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AS A RESULTANT EFFECT OF NON-REGULATION

August 26, 2021Blog, Children's Rights, Constitution, Simplified Laws, Women and the Lawwomen and lawadmin

Daisy Kubasu If the progression of substantive content in Bills relating to Surrogacy as a form of Assisted Reproduction is any indication, though Surrogacy still remains a shadowed but highly controversial issue

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS OF ADOLECENTS IN KENYA

August 23, 2021Access to Justice, Blog, Children's Rights, Uncategorizedadolescents, health, reproductive healthadmin

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the challenge of adolescent pregnancies in Kenya. The term ‘adolescent’ has been defined in the Reproductive Health Bill, 2019 as any person between the age of 10 to

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY: ARE FROZEN EMBRYOS HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY

August 18, 2021Blog, Constitution, Education, Other Laws, Women and the Lawhuman life, kenya, property, women and the lawadmin

Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is not a foreign concept in Kenya as it has been a topic of discussion for a while now. It is used to treat infertility in men and

LESSONS FROM THE ONYANCHA CASE

August 9, 2021Blog, Criminal Justiceconfessions, criminal law, Onyancha, rights of accusedadmin

Phillip Ondara Onyancha’s acquittal by the High Court may have been even more shocking to some than his revelations approximately 12 years ago. ‘In 2009 he admitted to the killing of 18

EMBRACING ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION WHILE PROMOTING LEGAL AID.

August 2, 2021Access to Justice, Blog, Constitution, County Governmentaccess to justice, Alternative dispute resolution, legal aidadmin

John Jakinda, Egerton University Faculty of law Abstract The Constitution of Kenya 2010 under Article 159(c) envisions a prominent role for Alternative Dispute Resolution including traditional dispute resolution mechanisms. The most common

CRIMINAL RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: THE UNDERATED ASPECTS

July 26, 2021Access to Justice, Blog, County Government, Criminal Justiceaccess to justice, criminal justiceadmin

For quite some time, the criminal justice system turned a blind eye to the Victims of a crime and their role in the criminal proceedings was limited to testifying on behalf of