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Monday, July 20, 2015

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS A UNIVERSAL RIGHT THAT APPLIES EVEN ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO KENYA


As the country awaits the arrival of the leader of the 'Free World'; President Barrack Obama, it should be noted that our Constitution protects under Article 33 Freedom of Expression.
Obama is free to express his views and opinion on various topics as the United States of America thinks Kenya can do better on. Whether he will choose to address the subject of minority rights( guys and lesbians) or corruption in the country as far as am concerned those will be his personal views or the US views which Kenya is under no obligation to implement but only to consider for implementation.

I thus hold a contrary opinion to those who are seeking to muzzle or keep Obama off from addressing specific contentious issues on grounds that under our Constitution any person including visiting heads of states enjoys Freedom of Expression. The country is under no obligation to implement the ideas and opinions given by any visiting head of state, there exist processes to change policies and legislation, hence it need not be a big fuss on what President Obama is going to say or choose to address. Focus should be however on the benefits the country can reap from close tires with America and from the indirect benefits of the visit.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WILL INFLUENCE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Their are two legislation in the pipeline being fronted by both the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development separately. The two Bills intend to a achieve a similar objective of regulating planning by aligning the Physical Planning Act to the Constitution of Kenya 2010 before the August set deadline.

This two Bills are the Physical Planning Bill and Land Use planning Bill.

It would be of importance to look at the proposal in the two Bills that might improve planning in Kenya by reducing the influence of the 'rules of experts' and facilitating citizen participation in planning.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

"THE NATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY"

Are Kenyan youth really interested in forming "THE NATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY"?
THE NATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY BILL 2015 has been introduced in parliament by Hon. Sakaja.
It is my feeling that this Bill is not well thought out and only attempts to institutionalize a structure whose functions and purpose are not well defined.
What is your take?


http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2015/NationalYouthEmploymentAuthorityBill2015.pdf