The rule of law is the cornerstone for modern democracy, East African Heads of State are continuously reforming laws and establishing new institutions to implement the rule of law. However, their efforts seem not to yield the desired results because there is a sharp decline in the implementation of the...

This article looks at religion as a major cause of violence and as the main motivation of violence in the community. It also examines the hits and misses by the state in respecting the right to religion, belief and opinion. A general argument emerges based on decided cases, constitutional provisions...

Implementing the rights of intersex individuals poses a significant challenge in Eastern Africa, primarily due to contentions rooted in morality, religious beliefs, and cultural norms. Gender recognition in the region is currently limited to binary classifications of male or female, resulting in a marginalized status for intersex persons within African...

and must be seen to thrive for orderliness, equity, and peace to reign. Whose responsibility is it to dispense justice, and encourage equality? The Judiciary is the organ that interprets the law, guards the constitution, defends rights, punishes law breakers, and settles disputes among the state and its citizens, or...

According to Montesquieu, there would be an end of everything if the same person exercised the powers of implementing public decisions, enacting laws, and deciding cases. For this reason, democratic countries have incorporated the doctrine of separation of powers in their jurisdictions. Kenya, being one of the democratic countries, has...

Electoral democracy in most post-colonial countries such as Nigeria has not been successful in terms of reducing the incidence of electoral malfeasance. Thus, electoral democracy in these countries is inseparable from monumental and brazen electoral manipulations. To surmount these challenges successive governments in Nigeria have launched various innovative ideas and...