MAINA NYABUTI

Lawyer. Mediator. Constitution. Human Rights. PIL. Sexual and Reproductive Rights. Governance. Science. History. Arts. Philosophy. Psychology. Politics.

[Nelson Havi SC @NelsonHavi]

When the High Court stopped President Mwai Kibaki from appointing a CJ, AG and DPP post promulgation of the Constitution in 2010, he did not fight back. In fact the case was never heard. Parliament took over and settled the matter with finality. The Speaker, Kenneth Marende took charge. You now understand the import of separation of powers?

[#NewHorizon @pwgitahi]

@SylviaKangara I work for international humanitarian organization and they charter a medical ambulance plane to Geneva if their staffs are infected. No one goes for a mission without an active Schegen visa.All staffs go for 21 days quarantine in Geneva. So each organization should take charge

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

How can a poor third work country called Kenya spend Kshs 1.1 trillion in just 9 months on tea, mandasi, samosa, workshop/seminars in Mombasa and air tickets?

[The People’s President @bonifacemwangi]

We paid a surprise visit to Abdullahi, a former Chase Bank manager who turned his love for books into @NuriaStore, a hub for African and self-published literature. He also runs a quiet initiative providing free sanitary pads via a dispenser, ensuring dignity and access for women.

[Joshua Malidzo Nyawa @joshuamalidzo]

I welcome the challenge by my Lord Justice Lenaola. It is pleasing to see that SCORK judges engage with our commentaries on their decisions. This is how we build our jurisprudence: when the bar-bench path of exchange remains open, rigorous, and respectful.
May it rain 🌧

[Migai Akech @MigaiAkech]

The political question doctrine wrongly assumes ‘political questions’ and ‘legal questions’ can be separated so clearly that the distinction can form the basis of practical solutions in litigation before the courts. See excerpt below from my Administrative Law book.

[Ngao Wilson @_ngaowilson]

Prof. Githu Muigai is already tired and wants to go straight to the meat. His opening statements are always powerful,
I remember last time:

“Every lawyer is entitled to his opinion on what the law says. There’s only one thing they aren’t entitled to: What the Facts are!”

[Prof Makau Mutua @makaumutua]

Folks may not be happy with Section 45 of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya on family and marriage. Article 45 (2) explicitly PERMITS marriage by persons of the opposite sex, or gender, BUT nowhere does Article 45 explicitly PROHIBIT same-sex marriages or marriage by persons of the same gender. If the drafters intended to prohibit same sex marriages, they failed to so state in clear and unambiguous language. The Constitution appears to have left that issue for interpretation by the courts, or legislation.

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

I don't celebrate Prof @makaumutua because he is my buddy. I celebrate Prof because he is Kenya's foremost legal scholar and distinguished academician....He is a great warrior in the fight against JurisPESA judges...we need to attend this debate/lecture.

[Ndong@Conslaw @Ndonglaw043]

It is Senior Paul Mwangi that got it right in this ODM double faceted teams, that it represents Raila on both sides of the coins:
1. The Compromising Oburu side was his entry strategy into Broad-based Government ✅️
2. The Militant Sifuna side was his exit strategy in case things were not going to work✅️
3. All these was speaks of Raila's complexity such that he is one you could not box into a corner.✅️

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

IRAN is a paper tiger. Mossad can kill Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on a day of its liking and an hour of its choice.

[Ochieng Oginga @ArnoldOginga]

Based on the JSC interviews for Judges I would highly recommend this amazing book by Justice Lenaola… it covers the general topics in constitutional law and litigation of fundamental rights and freedoms…🤔
Cc @LawAfrica_Ltd @NuriaStore

[Cecil Yongo @CecilYongo]

If it is for reasons like this that he’s denied the seat, that will be a shame. This is something he can learn quickly, and really shows us little about his ability. What we need more on the bench are not masters of details but careful thinkers and his acumen there is top top.

[Ndong@Conslaw @Ndonglaw043]

That a whole credible Professor of Law can be reduced to the test of a Rule 5(2)(b) negative order to determine if they suit the CoA Judgeship, is just the unfortunate misconceived belief that 'Academics' somehow need 'Orientation on the bench' & 'are inadequate due lack of litigation.' How do we Academics transmit & generate knowledge In law schools but suddenly a knowledge-answer Question becomes all we take them to be/not be.

@Harrison_Otty

[Ndong@Conslaw @Ndonglaw043]

Very ready for 9am, 1st before JSC is Prof @MigaiAkech

All the best Prof.

[Gabriel Oguda @gabrieloguda]

Thank you @ntvkenya for this thoroughly researched panoramic tribute to Baba Raila Amolo Odinga. Indeed, Baba shall remember you when he gets to Paradiso.

[Hon.Moses Kuria,HSC @HonMoses_Kuria]

For 60 years Kikuyus were sold the devil's portrait in the name of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Raila Odinga. This worked magic as a tool of political Mobilisation. After all the church can survive without angels but not without a devil to fight. It was wrong. On behalf of the Kikuyu community and Mt Kenya people at large, I offer my unqualified and profuse apology to the Luo Nation. At the same time, two wrongs do not make a right, Neither Uhuru Kenyatta nor Kikuyus are an enemy of the Luo Nation. Do not allow us to be turned. Into a tool of political Mobilisation. We can't sustain a devil narrative for another 60 years

[Joyce Nyairo @jnyairo]

For those who need tribe to grasp any and every person; phenomenon; perspective; perception; pathway; plan, please finish the year with Mahmood Mamdani’s treatise “Slow Poison”.

May our thoughts in the coming quarter century transcend all narrow and oppressive prisms.

[𝗞 𝗔 𝗡 𝗚 𝗘 𝗧 𝗛 𝗘™🇰🇪 @Realkangethe]

Pale Kang’o ka Jaramogi mambo Yamechemka! The Congolese musicians and locals have arrived to pay their last respect and tributes to the sleeping Giant of Africa in lingala songs, drums and dances. The descendants of Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga came not to shed tears for the spirit that sleeps beneath the soils of Kang’o but to praise, dance to his name and echo the legacy of a man who traumatized death itself at his departure and whose lifetime deeds and achievements form the very fabric that defines Pan-Africanism and Freedom. Raila Amolo Odinga CGH 🕊

[Science News @SciencNews]

What is a PhD?