Acknowledgement of corruption within courts is a positive step, but the chief justice must embrace more radical approaches.
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Citizens considered a threat to the government’s survival have become targets for enforced disappearances.
Kenya’s confidence crisis is a problem because people need to believe the judiciary is acting independently if it is to play its role.
Research finds that the threat of being sentenced to death has no bearing on how people contemplate violent crime.
With Uhuru Kenyatta leaving office to make way for a new leader, it was always going to be an eventful year for Kenya.
The purpose of term limits is to minimise corruption and open the government to new ideas that could solve national problems.
Odinga’s legal petitions have entrenched the rule of law and and deepened democracy in Kenya.
The 2022 election proved that the country’s situation and its people have changed since the violence that marred past elections.
Kenya is not unlike any other country where democratic deepening requires a ‘two-steps forward, one-step back’ outlook.
A great deal still needs to be done to ensure that Kenyans have proper access to the justice system.
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