This is the Keynote Address that was delivered by Professor PLO Lumumba, during the 15th Anniversary Celebrations of the Kabarak University School of Law. The event took place at the Kabarak University Main Campus in Nakuru, Kenya, on Thursday 28 August, 2025. I. Introduction Standing here today, I do not feel as though I am mer...

Keynote address by Gitobu Imanyara Commemorating the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 at Kabarak University, 25 August 2025 Dean, Faculty and students of Kabarak University Law School, distinguished guests, friends. Good morning. I remember a small room with a steel door. A plate slid in, metal against concrete, then qu...

Levy Masinde Omuse* Introduction The case of R v Karisa Chengo was an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) arising from the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Malindi.[1] This case stood the test of Kenya's judicial hierarchy having come all the way from the magistrate's court to the apex court of the land. The case raised su...

By Esther-Blessing Nasimiyu* Introduction Picture a campsite. The said camp is not the idyllic one you envisioned while crafting your bucket list and filling out the 'list of activities' section at the start of the year. Rather, I would like to draw your attention towards the sites in Kakuma and Dadaab, Kenya's refugee settlements.[i] One major fac...

 By Justice Richard Mwongo* Oh! Judiciary, Tears stall over closed eyelids Death Stings even if only one does fall A sister lost through the piercing blast of a gun Whilst parsing the law on duty's call by the hands of a murderous law enforcer, so oath; A brother lost through the skilled surgeon's run Of his blade seeking to save life and limb...