Judiciary, Executive are failing the people on women's rights

The 2010 Constitution is one of the most progressive national charters in the world. It gives citizens, individuals and communities a wide range of rights protections, while putting handcuffs on many a State official and agency to prevent overreach and abuse. Surely, the document has several glaring flaws and other deficits that must be corrected down the road. But what it offers in its current form is fertile ground for the liberation of human potential.

However, good texts – especially laws and constitutions – don’t interpret and implement themselves. The people, or the legislature, pass laws. Crucially, the Judiciary interprets laws and the Executive implements them. In Kenya, both the Judiciary and the Executive are failing the people on women’s rights.