This blog looks critically at the independence of the National Legal Aid Service (NLAS) in Kenya ten years after the Legal Aid Act 2016 was enacted. Dominant literature on the NLAS has addressed access to justice and funding issues, but there ...

This blog critically reappraises Kenya’s Legal Aid Act, 2016 (hereinafter the Act), a decade after its enactment, examining whether it has fulfilled its constitutional promise to guarantee access to justice and the right to a fair trial, inclu...

Legal Representation is fundamental to protecting individual rights and ensuring a fair hearing as per Article 50 of the Constitution. Nevertheless, vulnerable groups, particularly persons with disabilities (PWDs), remain disproportionately ex...

Access to justice is an essential element of the rule of law and democratic governance.[1] A just system can only function effectively when individuals are able to seek remedies for violations of their rights regardless of their economic or so...

The Legal Aid Act (No. 6 of 2016) lists stateless persons among those entitled to state-funded legal aid. However, the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (No. 86 of 2022) require every applicant to produce payslips, tax returns, and asset records...

“Ignorance of the law is not a defence to me, doesn’t make sense. The Accused should know what they have been accused of and how they are going to defend themselves when they appear in court.”[1]