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Access to justice for foreign entities: Reassessing S. 974 of the Company Act 2015 After Stichting Rabobank Foundation v Ava Chem Ltd

This article critiques the Kenyan High Court’s restrictive interpretation of Section 974 of the Companies Act, 2015, in the case of Stichting Rabobank Foundation v Ava Chem Limited & Ano...

admin Sep 2, 2025 352 views

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When the Judiciary Builds Walls, Not Bridges

In the face of a rising tide of citizen unrest, Kenya’s judiciary is retreating. Not into reflection and reform, but into defensiveness and detachment. Public criticism of punitive bail terms ha...

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Criminal lawfare and judicial complicity: Ruto’s new authoritarian toolkit

Silently, Kenya is witnessing a return to repression, this time round, the batons, teargas and live bullets are backed up by legal briefs and a veneer of constitutionalism. The repression is not o...

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Is it presidential immunity or impunity?

1.0 Introduction2.0 Abuse of Presidential Immunity in Kenya and the world Presidential immunity is a privilege enjoyed by most heads of state in the world. Most of them have been associated with ...

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Starved of justice: Financial strangulation of courts and the rule of law in East Africa

In recent years, threats to judicial independence in East Africa have evolved from overt executive interference and political persecution to more subtle, systemic forms of control such as judi...

admin Jul 2, 2025 356 views

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Law as weapon: A study of criminal justice suppression of Civic Space in the East Africa Community

In the recent past and also in the present, there has been an increasing concern over the reaction of governments to dissenting voices and opposition. Governments throughout the East African C...

admin Jul 2, 2025 390 views

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Monitoring and evaluation of legislation in Kenya: The need to be Deliberate

The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 propagates several principles and ideals including; transparency, access to information and accountability. In essence these principles are akin to taking responsib...

admin Jun 2, 2025 352 views

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Unanswered questions: A critical examination of the Supreme Court of Kenya’s jurisprudence on presidential election petitions

A distinctive feature of the design of the electoral system in the 2010 Constitution is the Constitutional entrenchment of an array of electoral principles that form the normative foundation for t...

admin May 6, 2025 553 views

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Independent or synonymous?

The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard herein stated as FET is an International Investment treatment applicable to states in their relations inter se and to relations between states and foreign...

admin May 6, 2025 383 views