Hundreds of women marched in Nairobi on Monday to demand urgent government action against gender-based violence after a surge in femicide and child disappearance.
Carrying a coffin, placards reading “stop killing women,” and dolls wrapped in the Kenyan flag to
Decriminalising Adolescent Sex: The Judgment of the High Court of Kenya
In an important judgment delivered on 20th May, 2026, the High Court of Kenya decriminalised “consensual, non-coercive and non-exploitative sexual conduct between adolescents of close age proximity, absent evidence of exploitation, coercion, abuse or power imbalance.” At issue was
The End of International Surrogacy in Kenya? What Australians Need to Know
Surrogacy in Kenya has long sat in an uneasy space. It has been available, it has been used by some foreign intended parents, and yet it has operated in a legal environment that is largely unregulated. For Australians, that combination
Rights group urges binding gig worker protections in ILO platform labor treaty
“Gig” workers around the world experience long hours, unpredictable and declining pay, and serious safety risks as platform companies sidestep labor protections, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday in a report. HRW urges governments to adopt binding standards in
Kenya dispatch: Court of Appeal overturns 2022 High Court abortion ruling
Griffins Abuora is a Kenya School of Law student based in Kisumu, where he reports on legal, policy, and human rights developments in Kenya for JURIST.
On April 24, Kenya’s Court of Appeal sitting in Malindi delivered a landmark judgment
Hollowing the Essence of Deploying Structural Interdicts and Suspended Declarations in Legislative Processes: A Critique of The Tribunals Transition Case [Guest Post]
[This is a guest post by Kenson Mutethia.]
The Kenyan Supreme Court has effectively defeated the essence of structural interdicts in the legislative process in the Tribunals transition case. By the same decision, whether wittingly or unwittingly, it has
Kenya dispatch: High Court bars recycling of dormant phone numbers without consent
On March 19, 2026, Justice Lawrence Mugambi of the High Court of Kenya delivered a landmark judgment affirming that mobile phone numbers form an integral part of an individual’s digital identity and are protected under the constitutional right to privacy
The Return of Galileo: Protecting Online Speech and Delegated Proportionality in the Kenyan Court of Appeal’s BAKE judgment
The judgment of the Kenyan Court of Appeal in Bloggers Association (BAKE) of Kenya vs Attorney General, delivered on March 6, represents an important advance in Kenyan free speech jurisprudence. At issue was the constitutional validity of Sections 22
Italy, India, Kenya sign landmark AI cooperation agreement to advance development in Africa
Italy, India, and Kenya have entered into a strategic trilateral partnership to co-design and deploy scalable, sovereign AI solutions across Africa. This collaboration, announced during the AI Impact Summit 2026, aims to implement voice-enabled AI technologies in sectors such as
Between Constitutional Fidelity and Political Demand: A Critique of the Kenyan Court of Appeal’s CDF Decision – II [Guest Post]
[This is a guest post by Kenson Mutethia.]
From an objective reading of the Court of Appeal’s NGCDF Act Judgment it is fair to state that as the Supreme Court prepares to confront the second round of the NGCDF challenge,