Mediating Peace in Southern Sudan – Gen. Sumbeiywo’s Perspective
General Lazaro Sumbeiywo took an unscheduled about-turn in his career soldier one day in 1989, when he was summoned by his boss. General Mahmoud Mohammed in characteristic military-style, “thundered” instructions...
Kenyan Arbitrator Gets Global Recognition
Chambers and Partners, the world’s most prestigious legal ranking agency has, for the first time, ranked Mr Paul Ngotho, a Kenyan Chartered Arbitrator and Chartered Surveyor. It describes him in...
Expert Evidence in World Duty Free at ICSID
(This article first appeared in the inaugural issue of The Wakili, the Law Society of Kenya Nairobi Branch magazine January-March 2020 Vol. 002.) Occasionally, we stumble upon something to kujivunia...
Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration
(This article first appeared in the inaugural issue of The Wakili, the Law Society of Kenya Nairobi Branch magazine November-December 2019 Vol. 001.) Kenya signed the International Centre for Settlement...
The Rise of the African Arbitrator: Fact or Fiction?
Introduction In all global conferences and gatherings relating to investment and international commercial arbitration in Africa, there are concerns raised about the low levels of arbitrator appointments from Africa, even...
Arbitration Law & Practice in Kenya (Book Review)
EDITOR: Prof. Githu Muigai PUBLISHER: Law Africa Attorney-General Githu Muigai has edited this book on arbitration a few months after the publication of another one by Dr Kariuki Muigua. The...
Tribute to Hon. Justice Joseph Louis Onguto
A casual but potentially iconic photo of Chief Justice David Maraga sharing a light moment with Justice Louis Onguto during the Annual Judges Conference in Mombasa last year was released...
The Bastard Provision in Kenya’s Arbitration Act
The Title The title and the content of this paper are intended to provoke. They will, hopefully, generate professional and academic interest in a most quire provision in the Arbitration...
Resolving Property Disputes Out of Court
Unresolved property disputes lead to numerous criminal activities – murder, arson and actual bodily harm among others The real estate sector is characterised by on-going relationships or one off transactions...