#BBI legal or constitutional amendments is a kind of corrupt legalism quite common among ruling parties in democracies that have fallen into autocracy. It's Slowly excavating our legal system 2/7
The deep state and elite have coopted opposition to manufacture its own false legitimacy in future. This will fool electorate and western donors that Kenya is still a democracy after a predetermined sham election 3/7
Govt touts free press but through the security amendments etc , it already controls the media.
Patchworks of nonsensical regulations make it nearly impossible for pro-democracy civic groups to serve as a check on the government. 4/7
Patchworks of nonsensical regulations make it nearly impossible for pro-democracy civic groups to serve as a check on the government. 4/7
Govt has crafty scholars, cowed Legal fraternity and is intimidating judiciary to be pro-establishment. The new thinking is, arguing that the law is “indeterminate,” that legal texts mean nothing on their own and, instead, are interpreted by judges through their own lens 5/7
The AG & pro-establishment legal minds interpretations are so broad that in any case or law they find interesting to use as justification, any reasonably skilled lawyer can reach whatever result he or she wants. Huduma namba just got legal blessing 6/7
Political driven (not people driven) laws often leads to it being used to entrench structures of domination. Intimidating judiciary means Court rulings won’t be neutral expressions of legal reasoning but political processes. law will be used to secure interests of those in power
