The phantom of freedom: Kenya’s social justice as elite inheritance in disguise
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In Kenya today, one hundred and twenty-five individuals command more wealth than forty-two... Read more.
When “without lawful excuse” becomes the ultimate alibi: The mens rea mirage in sections 72–75 of Kenya’s Data Protection Act, 2019
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In November 2019, Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act to give effect to... Read more.
The blind lady’s dagger: When “social justice” sharpens Kenya’s laws into political blades
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In the months following Kenya’s 2024 Finance Bill protests, authorities charged at least... Read more.
The emperor’s new constitution: How Ruto’s reign unmasks the ghost of imperial presidency
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In August 2010, Kenyans voted overwhelmingly for a Constitution that was meant to... Read more.
Phantom fortunes: Kenya’s grand illusion of turning intellectual gold into bankable dust
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In 2017, Kenya enacted the Movable Property Security Rights Act, a statute that... Read more.
The unwanted guardians: How Kenya’s civil society is hunted for defending the very democracy it built
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In December 2024, the global civil society alliance CIVICUS formally downgraded Kenya’s civic... Read more.
The gavel’s mandate: How Cries of “juristocracy” mask the refusal to submit to Kenya’s transformative constitution
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In January 2021 the Supreme Court of Kenya, in Mitu-Bell Welfare Society v... Read more.
The professorial mirage: Kenya’s universities drowning in students while the ivory tower stands empty
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo Fewer than 600 full professors precisely 551 according to the Commission for University... Read more.
Paper chasing in the shadow of substance: Kenya’s tragicomic obsession with metrics over mastery
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In Kenya today, fewer than one thousand professors serve more than half a... Read more.
The data drought that drowns the lake: Sovereignty’s ironical thirst in the victoria basin
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo Kenya contributes roughly 45 percent of the annual river inflow into Lake Victoria... Read more.