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On Impunity and Hate-speech
There are clear legal prohibitions and penalties for the use of hate speech and for incitement to violence in sections 13 and 62 of the …
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On The 2/3 Gender Principle and the Potential Constitutional Crisis
The government has flip-flopped several times on the issue of the gender parity principle contained in the constitution. Yet the constitution’s position on the gender …
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On Hate Speech, Conciliation vs. Criminal Prosecution, Is Conciliation Enough?
If the prosecution of the Environment Minister for hate speech had gone ahead, it would have been the first in country case of high profile …
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On Bribery of Parliamentarians
A few weeks Parliament ago rejected the report of Public Accounts Committee that revealed a 1.8 billion shilling loss of taxpayer money as a result …
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On the Doctors, Teachers, and Lecturers Strikes
Has the government so poorly managed public services that the only way that public servants (doctors, teachers, lecturers, police) feel they can influence the government …
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On the Government’s Responsibility to Protect its Citizens
The primary of role the state is to protect its citizens. Our constitution guarantees both the right to life (Article 26.1) and the right to …
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MPs Salaries? What about Teachers and Doctors?
Considering that our MPs are some of the highest paid in the world it’s ludicrous that anyone, let alone the Speaker of House, would suggest …
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Media Roundtable: The Media & Hate Speech
Last month’s media roundtable centred around whether the media is better to prepared to deal with issues of hate speech and inflammatory language than it …
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On Parliament’s Passing of the Mutilated Leadership and Integrity Bill
It has been two years since the constitution was promulgated; and it seems that every step of the implementation process has been fraught with controversy, …
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Constitutional Deadlines & Fast Tracking Bills Again
Earlier in the month Transport Minister, Amos Kimunya, moved a motion for the reduction of the publication period of four bills constitutional bills from 14 …
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On the Nairobi Southern By-Pass
Earlier this year the government commissioned the building of the Nairobi Southern By-Pass. The 30km road, which is scheduled for completion in 2015, will run …
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On Parliament’s 200,000 Shilling Seats
Government waste is no secret. It is not only surprising some of things that the government spends money on, but also how much it spends …