Policy

Gas Imeisha? Tales of Kenya’s LPG Price Hikes

Unlike super petrol, diesel and kerosene, the price of LPG is not regulated. The retail price of cooking gas is at the whims of importers, who often adjust the prices based on the forces of ...

What’s In The Finance Secretary’s Briefcase?

Among other traditions of the budget day in Kenya, one that never misses is the finance secretary’s briefcase pose. But how did this tradition come to be?

Kenya’s Leaking Debt Ceiling 

According to the treasury, the increase in public debt is attributable to external loan disbursements, exchange rate fluctuations, and an uptake of domestic debt. And although the increasing debt has raised alarm, instead of triggering ...

Part 2: The BBI Court of Appeal Slam Dunk

Whereas the concept of the Basic Structure Doctrine is not new in Kenya, this was the first time that the appellate court was met with the concept. In this regard, two questions were posed to ...

Part 1: The BBI Court of Appeal Slam Dunk

In BBI 2, these passive virtues were raised by the Appellants in a bid to overturn the BBI 1 by the High Court. The Appellants argued that the questions raised in BB1 were political questions ...

Degrees and the Degree of Uheshimiwa in Kenya

It must be remembered that vying to be a mheshimiwa is a political right secured under the CoK 2010 (Article 38). As has been shown above, less than four per cent (4%) of Kenyans have ...

Kenya’s Debt Trap

It goes without saying that development institutions and aid agencies are here to stay, and their business is to keep loaning and giving grants. This will carry on despite the fact that loans and grants ...

Human Rights In The Time Of Covid-19

The unprecedented virus leaves us with several questions including whether we are supposed to talk of human rights when confronted with a pandemic

Pass the Dutchie: Legalize It, Don’t Criminalize It

Despite this global melodrama, Marijuana remains firmly rooted, its production and consumption neither dropping nor stopping.

Detention of Patients Pending Payment of Bills is Unconstitutional

In passing the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Kenyans dreamt of a document that would correct the injustices of the past and build a new Republic which puts the vulnerable and downtrodden (Hohehahe) at the center ...