School of Law: Recent submissions
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Plea Bargaining in Corruption Cases in Kenya: Towards a Restraint Approach
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The Prospect of Monetary and Financial Co-operation: a Legal Evaluation of Kenya’s Regional Economic Integration Endeavour in the East African Community
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The thesis interrogates the legal elements and impediments to regional economic integration in the Kenyan-EAC setting. An examination of regional economic integration has to take into account legal factors. The problem ... -
Securitisation of Ip Assets: an Examination of the Legal Regime on the Use of Intellectual Property as Collateral in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The study interrogates the low uptake in the use of IP assets as collateral by small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to obtain capital to fund their businesses. It examines the current legal framework for securitisation ... -
The Impact of Political Patronage on Implementation of Public Procurement Law; Slaying the Dragon of Mega Corruption in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Overtime, Kenya’s government has made changes to the country’s public procurement system. Two pieces of legislation govern public procurement: The Public Procurement Regulations of 2001 and the public procurement and ... -
Access to Justice for Kenyan Emigrant Workers: the Plight of Kenyan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Economic migration the world over is a source of employment for both skilled and unskilled workers. The high unemployment rate causes migration in Kenya. Kenya has, over the years, witnessed an increase in domestic workers' ... -
Kenya’s Legal Framework for Public Participation: Towards an Effective Realization of the Right to Public Participation
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This project investigates the substance, the structure and the threshold of the right to public participation in Kenya during the period 2010-2021. Although the Constitution of Kenya 2010 obligates the parliament to ... -
Interest Rates in Kenya: Who Has the Last Say, the National Assembly or the Central Bank of Kenya
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The Role of Technology in Elections in Kenya a Case Study of the 2017 Presidential Election
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of any constitutional democracy. By and large, democracy dictates that every citizenry of a sovereign has a right to choose and replace their representatives in a credible ... -
Consumer Protection Regimes in Kenya With Specific Interest on the Role of Competition Law and Intellectual Property Law
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In the pre-2010 constitutional dispensation, Kenya had no specific law dealing with consumer protection. Various aspects of consumer protection were covered in numerous statutes, rules and regulations. The promulgation ... -
The Role of Performance Management and Measurement Understandings in Enhancing Accountability and Access to Justice Kenya: an Analysis of the Legal Framework Governing Judicial Performance
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The Kenyan Judiciary’s regime of Performance Management and Measurement Understandings (PMMUs) require courts to strive to achieve expeditious disposal of cases, improve case clearance rates and reduce case backlog. They ... -
Corporate Governance in Kenya: the Dilemma of Achieving Equality in Board Management
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The study examines the factors that hinder attainment of gender parity on public corporate boards in Kenya. The period under review is from 2010, following the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, to the present ... -
The Judicial Approach to Injunctions Against Letters of Credit in Kenya; the Fraud Exception Re examined
(University of Nairobi, 2021) -
Judicial Deference: an Evaluation of the Shifting Approaches to Judicial Deference Under the Constitution of Kenya 2010 University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study examines the extent to which the Constitution of Kenya altered historical and contemporary approaches to judicial deference in Kenya. The study argues that although historically Kenyan courts exercised judicial ... -
A Research Paper on Solid Waste Management in Kenya: an Analysis of Legal and Institutional Frameworks.
(University of Nairobi, 2021) -
The Effectiveness of the World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement System for Developing Countries in Africa-Lessons for the African Continental Free Trade Area
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study is on the dispute settlement mechanisms in the trade regime of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA). It aims at analyzing whether the dispute settlement ... -
Illicit Financial Flows: a Legal Analysis of Tax Avoidance by Financial Institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Illicit Financial Flows and exchequer revenue loss through aggressive tax avoidance by financial institutions are two sides of the same coin. In Kenya, many financial institutions avoid paying taxes through these illicit ... -
Critical Analysis of Court-annexed Mediation in Promoting Access to Justice in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Court annexed mediation, (CAM) is a method of dispute resolution with the potential of achieving better in the Kenya civil justice system. Its effects are, however, yet to be fully realized: Case backlog in Kenya continues ... -
A Critical Assessment of Kenya’s Poverty Alleviation Approaches- Towards an African Jurisprudential Perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Historically, Kenya’s development agenda has directed immense resources towards mitigating poverty. This is equally true of contemporary development plans such as the Kenya Vision 2030 or its most recent enunciation under ... -
Legal and Policy Framework Necessary to Boost Retirement Benefits Coverage in Kenya - a Regulatory Perspective
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Examining the Minimum Age for Sexual Consent Under the Kenyan Criminal Justice System
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The age of consent in Kenya is set at 18 years. Any sexual intercourse with a person under this age is illegal and attracts dire consequences to the extent of serving a life imprisonment even though the law accords a defense ...
