Archive: January 24, 2018

SELECTED RESEARCH PAPERS AND REPORTS ON THE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS OF KENYA AND SOMALIA PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY AHMED ISSACK HASSAN, EBS, ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF KENYA AND FORMER COMMISSIONER, CONSTITUTION OF KENYA REVIEW COMMISSION (CKRC), Table of Contents No. Research Papers and Reports Year 1. “Draft Read more

WORKSHOP ON FEDERALISM AND DECENTRALIZATION – OPTIONS FOR SOMALIA 27 – 29 November 2008 Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya DISCUSSION PAPER ON SESSION ONE – FORMS OF FEDERAL (AND OTHER) SYSTEMS Introduction It is my privilege and honour to address this August Conference. My role is to respond to the presentations Read more

THE LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN KENYA CONSULTATIVE MEETING FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AT NAIVASHA, KENYA 22ND – 23RD AUGUST, 2008 BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR MR. AHMED ISSACK HASSAN studied in Garissa High School for his ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels between 1983 to 1988.  He graduated from the Read more

THE CONSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN KENYA REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA 19TH TO 22ND AUGUST, 2008 at K.I.C.C, NAIROBI, KENYA BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR MR. AHMED ISSACK HASSAN studied in Garissa High School for his ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels between 1983 to 1988.  He Read more

WORKING DOCUMENT FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA REVIEW COMMISSION ON THE KADHI’S COURTS, CHIEF KADHI AND KADHIS The Commission’s Mandate The Constitution of Kenya Review Act provides that the objects and purposes of the constitutional review is to secure provisions therein, inter alia respecting ethnic and Read more

DRAFT CONSTITUTION FOR A FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA Presented To: SOMALI INTELLECTUALS FORUM NAIROBI, KENYA CHAPTER 1 – Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) SECTION 1 Somalia is a Sovereign Republic 2. Public Seal 3. Supremacy of the constitution CHAPTER 2 – The States 4. Establishment of the States Read more

REFUGEES IN KENYA AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS – The way forward General principles A refugee is defined as a person who has fled his or her own country to seek refuge in another country for the safety of his/her life and limb because of a well founded fear of persecution.  The definition of a […]Read more

“INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL RESPONSE”, REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM, ORGANIZED BY LETWAL INTERNATIONAL, HELD AT HOLIDAY INN, NAIROBI, KENYA, JUNE 2004; I. Introduction It may be observed that all the twelve international instruments dealing with terrorism, place an obligation Read more

NORTH EASTERN PROVINCE & THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS – Lessons from History BY AHMED ISSACK HASSAN, (LLB) ADVOCATE, HIGH COURT OF KENYA AND COMMISSIONER CKRC INTRODUCTION For the first time in Kenya’s history, the people of Kenya have been given an opportunity to take part in the Constitution Read more