How the Kenyan Constitution Tries to Sort Out the Problematic Agricultural Sector

As a country whose 75% of its populace rely on subsistence agriculture, Kenya has more than its share of citizens working in the sector. It is no secret that it is Kenya’s most important economic sector, in that regard – in fact, it is many a family’s way of life, engrained in Kenyan culture as …

An Important First Step: Kenya’s Environmental Protection Plan

Environmental protection has always been a problem in the massively and naturally endowed and minerally rich Africa, given the persistent state of chaos and disorder that most of its naturally rich countries have continuously experienced since the end of the colonial era (the tragic story of the Democratic Republic of Congo comes to mind). For …

The Kenyan Constitution’s Enhanced Focus on Protecting Environmental Rights

The 2010 Kenyan constitution was hailed as progressive for dealing with issues rarely addressed by national law. Issues of land and environment are addressed in Part2 of Chapter 5 of the Kenyan Constitution. The state has an obligation to protect the environment as well as protect the rights of the people in regards to their …