School of Law Alumna Nominated for Position of Chief Justice

Lady Justice Koome Martha Karambu has made history after being nominated as the first woman Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya.

Justice Koome graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the UoN in 1986 and thereafter went to serve in various distinguished positions in private and public service.

Devolution in Kenya: Strengthening Systems for Public Participation- Policy brief

 

The Kenyan legal framework obligates the national and county governments to involve the people in the decision making process. To achieve this ideal, county governments are required to establish structures to facilitate citizen participation in their operations. This policy brief sheds light on some of the issues that counties should focus on so as to institutionalize and strengthen systems for public participation in county decision making processes.

Complementary options to development of underdevelopment: Lessons from theuse of community currencies in Kenya

Governments and non-governmental organizations around the world have embraced commu-nity or complementary currencies (CCs) as tools of poverty reduction, environmental protec-tion and promotion of social solidarity. Community Currencies are best viewed as a financial innovation to assist local-level development and are seen as a new age poverty-reduction strategy.