Polluter Pays Principle; a Critical Analysis- Cynthia Bondi
Kenya has come a long way from Courts dismissing the late Wangari Maathai’s stance against the construction of the tallest skyscraper in the middle of Nairobi’s green space, Uhuru Park owing to her failure to prove locus standi. Article 70 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 eliminated the locus standi hurdle and enabled individuals to seek redress on environmental matters in the interest of public good.
The Absolute Nature of the Right to Legal Representation and Limitation of Human Right in the Context of Public Order (State Curfew) 2020- Maina Nyabuti
In a bid to fight the spread of the Corona Virus pandemic, Kenya’s president announced a curfew. The curfew was subsequently published in the Kenya gazette. Substantially, the curfew limits the movement of the people from 7pm to 5am. However, it exempts the essential services, personnel or workersfrom the curfew.
Cyber Security in the 21st Century, A Kenyan Perspective- Alphayo Ongeri Wycliffe
Cyber security is a contemporary concern within any organization and government that takes the security of its data and stakeholders seriously. Governments all over the world are concerned with creating an unpenetratable firewall to safeguard their data. The risk has increased significantly with the ever demanding adoption of technology in all sectors of the economic, social and political spheres of life.
The Future is Black- Olayanju Phillips
The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2030, one in five people in the world will be African. By 2050, Africa’s 1.1 billion population is projected to double in size[1]. Lagos, a city in Nigeria, leads this exponential population explosion as the fastest growing city in Africa, growing at 77 people per hour. At first glance, these figures do not mean much other than indicating an increase in population
The Right Of Prisoners To Vote Under Current Zambian Law-Edwin Mbewe LLB, AHCZ
Every citizen of Zambia who has attained the age of eighteen years shall, unless he is disqualified by Parliament from registration as a voter for the purposes of elections to the National Assembly, be entitled to be registered as such a voter under a law in that behalf, and no other person may be so registered.
The Millennial’s Thoughts: Why You Mustn’t Grandstand from 2020-2029 -Oluwatobi Adekoya
We have come to the beginning of a new decade and times are constantly changing. As always, change would always remain an indispensable index in human endeavour; thus, the need to embrace this concept in its entirety. In the same vein, professional relations and realities are changing and would experience drastic changes as the new […]
The Goading Rate of Artificial Intelligence as the Panacea for Redundancy – Adedoyin Fadare
There is no truer essence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) if it is defined as an attempt to replicate or simulate human intelligence. There is no doubt that AI has become a catchall term for applications that perform complex tasks that once required human input.
Discretion Prestige- a Body of Benchers; looking Nigeria- Brian Onyango
In Kenya, the Legal Education Act No 27 of 2012 provides for regulative mechanisms for legal education and training while the Advocates Act No 18 of 1989 regulates admission to the roll of advocates as well as practice as such. Under the Kenyan law, one has to pass a Four years’ undergraduate program, attend further training at the Kenya School of Law, sit for and pass the Bar Examination set and administered by the Council of Legal Education, attend at least 6 months’ pupillage under an authorized legal practitioner and thereafter petition the Chief Justice for Admission to the Roll of Advocates.
