Chapter 4, the Bill of Rights, is the longest chapter in the Proposed Constitution. It does a lot of work: it sets out the rights of all people; it provides…

Most older constitutions, like the US Constitution, protect only negative rights – rights that take power away from the State by imposing duties on the State not to do certain…

In a 1867 study of English politics, Walter Bagehot (pronounced ‘Bajit’) distinguished between the ‘dignified’ and the ‘effective’ parts of a political system. Legislatures, he thought, generally fall on the…

A strong, independent judiciary has a special role in a constitutional democracy. Courts must be able to decide disputes between people honestly and fairly so build trust in the legal…

The devolved system of government in Kenya is created with county governments.

The Kenya Constitution recognizes the following categories of citizenship:

Ownership and / or use of land in Kenya is based on the following principles:

The Proposed Constitution establishes a presidential system – the President is Head of State and Government as well as Commander-in-Chief. He or she is elected at the same time as…