In its analysis, the appellate court affirmed the applicability of the Basic Structure Doctrine in the realm of Kenya’s constitutional law. The court expressed that the said doctrine limits the ...

The court’s main rationale hinged on the “basic structure doctrine”, which it stated applies in Kenya’s constitutional framework, thus preventing an alteration of the constitution’s basic structure.

Before this, the law gave Kenya’s presidents considerable influence over courts’ actions. Historically, the judiciary was not an independent branch. It was categorised as a governmental ...

Nairobi — Kadhis Courts existed in the Eastern African coast long before colonialism. In Kenya, they existed at the Coast, then under the Sultan of Zanzibar. In 1895, the Sultan gave the British ...

In a scathing ruling, five High Court judges in Kenya have blocked a government ... constitutional changes will end the winner-take-all structure of Kenyan politics, which is often followed ...