ALLAN MALECHE
Pass The Mic Let’s Talk EPS 1. Dr Makodingo talks about the War on Graft
In this first season we will be focusing on the country’s fight against corruption, what strides have been made so far and whether this war is actually being realized especially following the recently released Annual...
Pass The Mic Let’s Talk EPS 1. Dr Makodingo talks about the War on Graft
Dr. Washingtone Makodingo
Public Participation As Key To Fighting Corruption In Kenya
By Ben Christopher Nyabira That Kenya is among the most corrupt countries in the world is a fact. According to the 2019 Transparency International’s global corruption perception index, Kenya scored 28 percent, ranking...
Why Africa Union and International Community Must Stop Former Rebels From Electoral Participation in Africa
By Daniel Orogo The hope of the international community (AU, UN, America, and Europe) is that the experience of the electoral politics will somehow result in the changes of the former rebels so that they can move away...
The Ethnic Factor in The Cog of Nationhood
By Javas Bigambo Ethnic identity is as old as man’s existence and distinguishes people in their societal groupings. By its nature, ethnicity is a social construct. Its anthropological significance is to strengthen...
Why Kenya Must Intervene to Quell Regional Instability Threats
By Daniel Orogo In a 21st November 2020 interview with Mail & Guardian, Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu while urging the world to pay close attention to the state of democracy in Tanzania, asserts that...
Justice System in Kenya: Positioning the Supreme Court as the House on the Hill
By Javas Bigambo From a bird’s eye view, the character of a country’s justice system is manifested in the independence, discretion, incorruptibility, and transparency of her judicial officers. They are duty bound to...
Silencing the Guns in Africa
By Daniel Orogo In 2013, African Heads of States and Government marked the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the precursor of modern-day AU. During this momentous celebration, they...
Government Digitization: Myth or Reality
By Fredrick Obwanda Kenya has been functioning without documented legal safeguards to data interoperability. The state has mostly relied on information on hard copy documents spread across different agencies. This means...
A Tale of Two Chief Justices: Securing the Transformation of The Judiciary and What Lies Ahead for Incoming Chief Justice
By Allan Maleche and Nyokabi Njogu When retired Chief Justice (CJ) Willy Mutunga took over the helm of the Judiciary in 2011, he remarked that he found a Judiciary that was designed to fail: so frail in its structures;...
Safeguarding the Annual 2.5 Percent of the National Budget
By Fredrick Obwanda Perhaps of all the efforts by successive governments to tackle poverty at the grassroots level, the constituency development fund (CDF), has had the most tremendous impact among the rural communities...
Justice as the Cornerstone for Social Progress
By Rev. Canon Francis Omondi A UNICEF poster once depicted an African girl, with eyes reflecting a perilous future, at the same time wearing a hopeful smile. She responded, with just a word to the question, what would...
The Procurement Trap for County Chiefs in Graft War
By Fredrick Obwanda In her 24th July 2019 ruling in a case pitting Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ngugi set a precedent by upholding the trial court’s ruling that barred...
The Power and Privilege to Charge
By Dr Fred N. Ojiambo, MBS, SC There is no greater responsibility in any criminal justice system than the power and privilege to prefer a charge for an alleged criminal offence. The power is generally provided for in...
