Elvis Mogesa Ongiri* We are pleased to announce that the fourth volume of the Kabarak Law Review will be published soon. This forthcoming volume is centred in the theme: 'Reflecting on 25 years of the African Union Constitutive Act' and features a wide array of papers on African Union law or more aptly, the Public law of Africa. The volume also fea...

Muthoni Gichimu* Introduction Death, is often viewed as a great equaliser that strikes all indiscriminately.[1] However, just like many aspects and facets of life and social experiences, at times, even death discriminates.[2] Precisely through elements such as gender, age and race.[3] The discriminatory nature of death in this case is usually based...

Joy Bii* Femicide is the gender-based killing of women because they are women, regardless of motive or perpetrator status.[1] It is a growing crisis in Kenya, particularly within informal settlements. Young women, particularly in informal settlements are more so vulnerable. These areas face poverty, limited job opportunities, and systemic neglect.[...

Megan Tess* and Maisy Mueni*  'What is not seen is not addressed. If you don't name them [femicides], they do not exist. Those who are not reporting femicides are dissolving or erasing the problem because they do not understand it' Griselda Nu ez[1] ' and that is why you women are being killed' a phrase often invoked in Kenya to dism...

Femicide is a gendered form of violence that was first defined as a feminist concept by Jill Radford and Diana Russel.[1] The concept, was intended to expose the misogynistic and structural roots of the killing of women because they are women.[2] However, over time, its meaning and political significance has become increasingly blurred. While debat...