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    Kenya: Kenya Deposit Insurance Bill Becomes Law (May 16, 2012) On May 9, 2012, Kenya's President, Mawi Kibaki, signed into law the Kenya Deposit Insurance Act, 2012, which provides for the establishment of a deposit insurance scheme and a corporation to manage the scheme and to wind up failed deposit taking institutions, among other things. (President Kibaki Signs Four Bills into Law, […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2012-05-16
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    Kenya: Eight Suspected Pirates Charged in Kenyan Court (Nov. 26, 2008) On November 19, 2008, eight Somali citizens were brought before a court in Mombassa, Kenya, for allegedly committing the crime of piracy along Somalia's coast line. The suspects, who were apprehended by British Navy officers last week during a counter-piracy operation, remain in custody awaiting a court ruling on whether they will […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2008-11-26
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    International Criminal Court; Kenya: Trial of Kenyan President Adjourned (Sept. 11, 2014) The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on September 5, 2014, that the trial of Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of Kenya, and of the Deputy President, William Ruto, originally planned to begin on October 7, would be adjourned indefinitely. Kenyatta had been charged with five counts of crimes against in humanity, with a […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2014-09-11
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    Kenya: Constitutional Reform Bills (Sept. 8, 2008) Kenyan Constitutional Affairs Minister Martha Karua presented two bills on constitutional reform to the Kenyan Parliament on August 20, 2008. The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill and the Constitution of Kenya Review Bill implement the process brokered in the National Accord and Reconciliation Act of February 28, 2008. That Act helped end […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2008-09-08
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    Kenya: Court Rules Kenya Lacks Jurisdiction over Offenses Committed on High Seas (Nov. 12, 2010) On November 9, 2010, the Kenyan High Court, Mombasa Division, terminated for want of jurisdiction a lower court's criminal case against nine Somali citizens charged with piracy. The individuals allegedly attacked the MV Courier in the high seas of the Indian Ocean on March 3, 2009 (Eunice Machuhi, Court Deals Bow to […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2010-11-12
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    Kenya: Appellate Court Rules Kenyan Courts Do Have Jurisdiction over Offenses Committed on High Seas (Oct. 25, 2012) On October 18, 2012, the Kenyan Court of Appeal ruled that Kenyan courts have jurisdiction over cases involving persons suspected of international piracy. The ruling overturns a 2010 decision that had determined Kenya lacks such jurisdiction. (Rebecca DiLeonardo, Kenya Appeals Court Allows Jurisdiction over International Piracy Cases, PAPER CHASE NEWSBURST (Oct. 18, […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2012-10-25
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    Kenya: Terrorist Suspect Acquitted (Sept. 30, 2008) On September 16, 2008, the High Court of Kenya acquitted Omar Said Omar in connection with the 2002 bombing of the Israel-owned Kikambala Paradise Hotel in which 15 people were killed. Justice Jackton Ojwang set aside Omar's conviction and quashed his sentence. The Justice stated that the appellant's constitutional rights had been […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2008-09-30
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    Kenya: Parliament Approves New Constitution (Apr. 8, 2010) On April 1, 2010, the Kenyan Parliament unanimously approved a new Constitution. (Daniel Makosky, Kenya Parliament Approves Constitution Draft, PAPER CHASE NEWSBURST, Apr. 2, 2010, available at http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/04/kenya-parliament-approves-constitution.php; Proposed Constitution of Kenya, Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review website, Feb. 23, 2010, available at http://www.coekenya.go.ke/images/stories/Resources/proposed_constitution_submitted_to_psc_by_coe_23_02_2010.pdf [hereinafter Draft Constitution]). The draft document now […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2010-04-08
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    Kenya: Lawmakers Amend the Constitution (Apr. 2, 2008) The Kenyan President recently signed the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill into law. Before reaching the President's desk, the bills had been unanimously approved by the Kenyan Parliament. The constitutional amendment will make a power-sharing deal reached between President Mwai Kibaki's ruling party and Raila […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2008-04-02
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    Kenya: Raising of the Bar (Feb. 2, 2008) On January 16, 2008, the Nairobi newspaper BUSINESS DAILY reported that Kenya's High Court had issued a judgment refusing 15 law students with degrees from foreign universities the opportunity to retake exams at the Kenya School of Law – the only recognized Kenyan institution to offer the final exams that must be […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2008-02-02
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    Kenya: President Vetoes Major Legislation (July 12, 2012) On June 25, 2012, Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya, vetoed the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2012 (34 KENYA GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT (May 2, 2012)), which the National Assembly had adopted on June 21. Kibaki argued that his assent to the legislation in its current form would violate the principle of separation of […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2012-07-12
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    Kenya: Constitutional Amendment Under Consideration (Mar. 2, 2008) The Kenyan government and the opposition party may amend the Kenyan Constitution as part of a power-sharing deal that is expected to end the ethnic and political clashes that have claimed the lives of at least 1,000 people. Although the constitutional change is going to be only one part of a complicated […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2008-03-02
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    Kenya: Violence Against Women Rising (Dec. 15, 2010) It was reported on December 10, 2010, that violence against women is rising in the western part of Kenya. Between January of 2009 and June of 2010, the Children's Department in the area reported 300 cases of sexual abuse (Catholic Information Service for Africa, Kenya: Violence Against Women on Increase in Kuria […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2010-12-15
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    Kenya: Security Laws (Amendment) Bill Enacted (Dec. 30, 2014) On December 19, 2014, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the controversial Security Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014, a day after Parliament approved the law amid nationally televised chaos involving heckling and fistfights, as some members sought to air their strong opposition to the proposal. (Chaos in Kenyan Parliament, CAPITAL FM KENYA […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2014-12-30
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    Kenya: Information Communication Technology Law Proposed (July 11, 2016) On June 6, 2016, Aden Duale, the Majority Leader of the National Assembly, one house of Kenya’s bicameral legislature, introduced a draft law on information communication technology (ICT). (Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill, 2016, KENYA GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT No. 84 (June 7, 2016), available at KENYA LAW.) The proposed law has provisions on […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2016-07-11
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    Kenya: Comprehensive Marriage Law Enacted (May 2, 2014) On April 29, 2014, President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya signed into law the Marriage Bill, 2014, a comprehensive law consolidating various laws governing religious, customary, and civil marriages and divorces in the country. (President Kenyatta Assents to Marriage and Heroes Bills, The Presidency website (Apr. 29, 2014).) The legislation, adopted by the […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2014-05-02
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    Kenya: "Poison Brew" Legalized (Sept. 17, 2010) It was reported on September 7, 2010, that Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki has signed into law the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill, 2009 (the law), which seeks to dramatically shift Kenya's policy on the regulation of production, sale, and consumption of chang'aa. (Kenya Signs Alcohol Bill into Law,IMANI CENTER FOR POLICY AND EDUCATION […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2010-09-17
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    Kenya: State Funding for Political Parties (Nov. 2, 2007) The Kenyan Parliament recently adopted a bill on political parties, under which, for the first time, the state will provide state funding to political parties. The bill prescribes that a new Office of the Register of Political Parties will be responsible not only for registering and funding, but also for regulating the […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2007-11-02
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    Kenya: Controversy over Proposed Media Law (Feb. 16, 2011) The members of the journalist community in Kenya have raised concerns about a Media Bill 2010 proposed by the Minister for Information and Communication, Raphael Tuju, which would make changes to the existing media laws in the country. They call the proposal “many steps back,” pointing to the limits on industry self-regulation […]
    • Contributor: Johnson, Constance
    • Date: 2011-02-16
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    Kenya: Proposed Law to Decriminalize Abortions (Sept. 30, 2008) It was reported on September 16, 2008, that a new draft bill on women's reproductive health and rights, which seeks to decriminalize abortions, is ready to beintroduced in Kenya's Parliament. Impetus for the bill came from a campaign launched by civil society activists in May, sparking nation-wide debate on the issue, to […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2008-09-30
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    Kenya: Parliament Considering Limited Partnership Bill (Apr. 6, 2011) It was reported on April 2, 2011, that Kenya's Parliament is considering the Limited Partnership Bill 2010, which seeks to repeal and replace the Limited Partnership Act of 1934. (Peter Kiragu, New Bill to Replace Limited Partnership Act in Place (Apr. 2, 2011), NAIROBI STAR.) The bill makes a notable departure from […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2011-04-06
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    Kenya: Notice Outlawing Plastic Bags Issued (Mar. 31, 2017) The Kenyan government recently announced that it will soon institute a national ban on plastic bags.  In a notice in the country’s official gazette dated February 28, 2017, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Judi W. Wakhungu, announced a ban on “the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags used […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2017-03-31
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    Kenya: Anti-Money Laundering Law Amended (Mar. 24, 2017) On March 3, 2017, the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, signed into law the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill.  During the signing ceremony, he reportedly noted that “[t]his is a major tool in our sustained efforts to fight corruption.  It means that no proceeds of theft and corruption are beyond the […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2017-03-24
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    Kenya: Proposal to Forcibly Repatriate Somali Refugees (Apr. 16, 2015) Following the April 2, 2015, deadly attacks at Kenya’s Garissa University carried out by members of the Somalia-based terrorist organization known as Al-Shabaab, which resulted in the killing of 147 students, Kenya announced that it wants the Dadaab refugee complex closed immediately and its residents, who are all Somalis, moved to Somalia. […]
    • Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
    • Date: 2015-04-16
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    Kenya: Lawyers to Help Draft New Laws (June 2, 2008) Members of the Kenyan Parliament and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) have agreed to jointly take part in drafting legislation under a “structured engagement” between the two groups. In her May 8, 2008, letter to members, LSK secretary and chief executive officer Betty Nyabuto urged the lawyers to volunteer and be […]
    • Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
    • Date: 2008-06-02