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Kenya's Supreme Court
Kenya’s Supreme Court: Old Wine in New Bottles? By Special Correspondent As the six Supreme Court judges were adjudicating Kenya’s first presidential election petition in March 2013, Justice Kalpana Hasmukhrai Rawal was waiting for a new president to take office and the newly elected National Assembly to convene so that her nomination as Deputy Chief Justice could move forward. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had settled on her appointment after interviewing a shortlist of applicants in February 2013. The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board had earlier found her to be suitable to continue serving as a Court of Appeal judge. Justice Rawal eventually joined the Supreme Court on 3 June 2013. Two years later, Justice Rawal became the second Deputy Chief Justice (after Nancy Baraza, who resigned after she was heavily criticised for abusing her authority by threatening a security guard after the guard demanded to search her at a mall) to be embroiled in controversy. In 2015, Rawal challenged a notice that she retire at the age of 70. Around the same time, the then Chief Justice, Dr Willy Mutunga, would announce that he wanted to retire early so that the next Chief Justice would be appointed well ahead of the next election. In May 2014, Justice Philip Kiptoo Tunoi and High Court judge David Onyancha challenged the JSC’s decision to retire them at the age of 70. They argued that they were entitled to serve until they reached the age of 74 because they had been first appointed judges as under the old constitution. What seemed like a simple question about the retirement age of judges led to an unprecedented breakdown in the collegiate working atmosphere among the Supreme Court judges that had been maintained during the proceedings of the presidential election petition. -
Current Affairs September 2018
VISION IAS www.visionias.in CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2018 Copyright © by Vision IAS All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Vision IAS. 1 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS Table of Contents 1. POLITY AND GOVERNANCE _____________ 3 5.3. India Cooling Action Plan ______________ 53 1.1. Aadhaar Constitutionally Valid __________ 3 5.4. Conservation of Migratory Birds and Their 1.2. Reservation in Promotions ______________ 5 Habitats _______________________________ 54 1.3. Criminalisation of Politics _______________ 6 5.5. Disaster Proofing of Telecommunications 56 1.4. Dissolution of Medical Council of India ____ 8 5.6. Landslide Warning System _____________ 57 2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ___________ 11 5.7. Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods __________ 59 2.1. World Trade Organisation _____________ 11 6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ___________ 62 2.2. Unrealized Potential of South Asian Trade 13 6.1. Food Fortification ____________________ 62 2.3. Early-Harvest Package for RCEP _________ 14 6.2. Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) ________ 63 2.4. Russia and China relations _____________ 16 6.3. Hydrogen-CNG ______________________ 64 2.5. India-Bangladesh ____________________ 17 6.4. World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Train ___ 65 2.6. Maldives Elections ___________________ 19 6.5. Apsara – U __________________________ 66 2.7. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty _ 21 6.6. Particle Decay _______________________ 67 3. ECONOMY __________________________ 23 6.7. ICESat-2 ____________________________ 68 3.1. IL & FS Crisis_________________________ 23 6.8. -
Petition (Application) 47 of 2019
Petition (Application) 47 of 2019 Case Number Petition (Application) 47 of 2019 Parties GEO Chem Middle East v Kenya Bureau of Standards Case Class Civil Isaac Lenaola, Mohammed Khadhar Ibrahim, Philomena Mbete Mwilu, Smokin Judges C Wanjala, Susanna Njoki Ndungu Advocates Mr. Eric Mose for the Plaintiff Mr. Kisinga for the 1st Defendant Case Action Ruling Case Outcome Notice of Motion allowed Date Delivered 23 Sep 2020 Court County Nairobi Case Court Supreme Court of Kenya Court Division Civil REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA (Coram: Mwilu DCJ & VP, Ibrahim, Wanjala, Njoki & Lenaola, SCJJ) PETITION (APPLICATION) NO. 47 OF 2019 BETWEEN GEO CHEM MIDDLE EAST..................APPELLANT/APPLICANT AND KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS...........................RESPONDENT ____________________________________________________________ (Being an application to file a Supplementary Record of Appeal) ____________________________________________________________ RULING OF THE COURT 1. UPON perusing the Notice of Motion by the Appellant/Applicant dated 11th September 2020 and filed on 14th September 2020, which application is brought under Rule 40(4) of the Supreme Court Rules, 2010; and 2. UPON perusing the supporting affidavit of Counsel for the Appellant/ Applicant, Fredrick Ngatia, sworn to on 11th August 2020; and 3. UPON considering the written submissions by the Appellant/Applicant dated 14th September 2020 and filed on the same day wherein the Appellant/Applicant contends that the delay in filing the Supplementary Record of Appeal was occasioned by inability to obtain the Judges’ notes as they were not available at the time of filing the Appeal and that three letters; (i) one dated 23rd March 2012 from the Respondent to the Commissioner General, Kenya Revenue Authority; (ii) another dated 25th June 2013 from the Appellant’s lawyers, M/s Mahmoud & Gitau Advocates, to the Respondent and; (iii) another dated 15th July 2013 from the Respondent to the Appellant’s lawyer, M/s Mahmoud & Gitau Advocates, were all inadvertently omitted from the Record of Appeal and; 4. -
Automated Soil Testing
Timesofagriculture.in EDITORIAL MEMBERS Dr. Devraj Singh Editor-In-Chief Assistant Professor Deptt. of Vegetable Science CGC, Chandigarh EDITORS Dr. V.P. Pandey Dr. G.C. Yadav Ex. Professor & Dean, Associate Professor & PI, College of Horticulture & AICRP on Vegetable Crops, Forestry, ANDUAT, ANDUAT, Kumarganj, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P.) Ayodhya (U.P.) Dr. P.D. Meena Dr. Dhirendra Singh Principal Scientist, Sr. Spices Breeder, Plant Pathology, SKN Agriculture University, ICAR-DRMR, Jobner (Rajasthan) Bharatpur (Rajasthan) Dr. Ajit Kumar Singh Dr. Gaurav Sharma Senior Scientist, Associate Professor Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Research Station IGKV, RLBCAU, Jhansi (U.P.) Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) Ms. Bandana Dr. Ashok Yadav Scientist (Fruit Science) Scientist KVK, Shimla Fruit Science, Dr. YSP University of Horticulture ICAR-CISH, Regional Station, and Forestry, Solan (H.P.) Malda (W.B.) Dr. Ashutosh Sharma Dr. A.K. Singh Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Agricultural Extension & Soil Science & Agril. Communication, Chemistry, RLBCAU, Jhansi (U.P.) P.G. College, Ghazipur (U.P.) Dr. Sudhir Kumar Sahi Dr. Rajan Chaudhari Associate Professor, Subject Matter Specialist, Dairy Technology, Agro-Meteorology, KVK, U.P. College,Varanasi (U.P.) Khunti (Jharkhand) REVIEWERS Vegetable Science Fruit Science Dr. Gaurav Singh, ANDUAT, Ayodhya Dr. Shashibala, U.P. College, Varanasi Mr. Praveen Kumar, BCKV, Haringhata Mr. Sharvan Kumar, ANDUAT, Ayodhya Mr. Anshuman Singh, ANDUAT, Ayodhya Mr. Mahendra Kumar Yadav, CSAUAT, Kanpur Mr. Ravi Pratap Singh, ANDUAT, Ayodhya Floriculture Genetics & Plant Plant Breeding Ms. Ragini Maurya, BHU, Varanasi Mr. I. Gopinath, IARI, New Delhi Mr. Pratik Kumar, JNKV, Jabalpur Ms. Sachi Gupta, ANDUAT, Ayodhya Mr. Ashish Sheera, SKUAST, Jammu Ms. Piyari Jayakumar, TNAU, Coimbatore Agronomy Extension Education Mrs. -
Daily Current Affairs
www.gradeup.co Daily Current Affairs: 03.06.2021 Launch of Gopal Ratna Awards and Integration of e- Gopala app with UMANG platform Why in the News? • The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying announced the launch of the Gopal Ratna Awards and Integration of e- Gopala app with UMANG platform on the occasion of World Milk Day. • Every year, the first day of June is observed as World Milk Day. Key Points About the Gopal Ratna Awards: • The Gopal Ratna Awards are the National Awards for the Cattle and Dairy sector. • The award has three categories - i) Best Dairy farmer, ii) Best Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT) and (iii) Best Dairy Cooperative/ Milk producer Company/ FPO. About UMANG platform: • Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG), is a mobile app, a Digital India initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, by the Government of India for access to central and state government services. • The app was developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with the National e-Governance Division and launched in November 2017 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. About e- Gopala app: • e- Gopala app (Generation of wealth through Productive Livestock), a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for direct use of farmers, was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2020. Other Initiatives related to the Dairy sector: • National Animal Disease Control Programme & National Artificial Insemination Programme • National Action Plan on Dairy Development 2022 • Rashtriya Gokul Mission • Pashu-Aadhar www.gradeup.co About Operation Flood (White Revolution): • Operation Flood, launched on 13 January 1970, was the world's largest dairy development program and a landmark project of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). -
The Kenya Gazette
oe RN t_¢ A THE KENYA GAZETTE Published by Authority of the Republic of Kenya (Registered as a Newspaperat the G.P.O.) Vol. CXVITI—No. 132 NAIROBI, 28th October, 2016 Price Sh. 60 CONTENTS GAZETTE NOTICES PAGE PAGE Government Appointments........... .... 4392-4399, 4400 The Physical Planning Act—Completion of Part Development Plan ..........cecccecccseecssecssseessseessseecsseesssesssteesseense 4424 The Births and Death Registration Act—Declaration............ 4399 The Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act— Task Force on the Establishment of Tourism Protection Environmental Impact Assessment Study Repott............ 4424-4426 Service—Appointment 0.0... eeeceeeccecccccssessseessteesstecsseeenee 4400 Disposal of Uncollected Goods....... 4426 Task Force on the Operationalization of the National Loss of Share Certificates ......cc.ccccccecccceecsssesssseesssessseeessessseesseess 4426 Convention Bureauee eecceeccsseecccsseeecnseseecsneeesnsneeecnneees 4400 Lossof Policies 4426-4436 The Land Control Act—Appointment ...0....0..00...cceceeceeeeee 4401-4406 Change of Names 4436-4437 The Land Registration Act—Issue of Provisional Certificates, CC oeeeccecccecccessesssesssessessseessesssessessseessesseeeseeese 4406-4422 The East African Community Customs Management Act, SUPPLEMENTNos. 171 and 172 2004—Appointment and Limits of a Transit Shed, Customs Area, etc—Amendment..... 4422 Legislative Supplement County Governments Notices ..........ccceecceecceccssesesseeeseessteeeseees 4422 LEGAL NOTICE No. The Human Resource Management Professionals -
India's Milk Revolution
A case study from Reducing Poverty, Sustaining Growth—What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why A Global Exchange for Scaling Up Success Public Disclosure Authorized Scaling Up Poverty Reduction: A Global Learning Process and Conference Shanghai, May 25–27, 2004 India’s Milk Revolution— Investing in Rural Producer Public Disclosure Authorized Organizations Dr. Verghese Kurien, Chairman, Institute of Rural Management, Anand – 388001 Gujarat, India Tel: +91-2692-261655/262422/261230 Development partner: World Bank/EEC Food Aid Public Disclosure Authorized The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. Copyright © 2004. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK All rights reserved. The material in this work is copyrighted. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or inclusion in any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the World Bank. The World Bank encourages dissemination of its work and will normally grant permission promptly. Public Disclosure Authorized INDIA’S MILK REVOLUTION—INVESTING IN RURAL PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS Executive Summary Over the last 25 years or so, the Indian dairy industry has progressed from a situation of scarcity to that of plenty. Dairy farmers today are better informed about technologies of more efficient milk production and their economics. Even the landless and marginal farmers now own highly productive cows and buffaloes in many areas. -
Daily Practice Sheet (November) Santosh Sir
Daily Practice Sheet (November) Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified If I can do it, you can too [email protected], https://t.me/asksantoshsir I believe every sincere aspirant can clear prelims with huge margin if they follow the right approach and learn effective test taking strategy. Daily Prelims Topics Day-1 South China Sea Dispute EEZ International Solar Alliance Green bonds Heat Waves UNFCC COP 25 Cyclone Maha Lt.Governor of UT Index of Industrial Production Core Sector Purchasing Managers Index Pegasus spyware International Court of Justice Vienna Convention UNESCO Network of Creative Cities National Cyber Coordination Centre National Critical information Infrastructure Day-2 National Health Profile Tamil Sangam Age Sangam Literature Carbon dating Keeladi excavation Indus Valley Civilization Vaigai Valley Civilization AFSPA Electoral Bonds Anti-dumping duty SFIO Great Indian Bustard Election Commission EPCA FASTags Neglected Tropical diseases Lymphatic Filariasis Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) Uighurs Day-3 Indian Labour Conference Whole Genome sequencing IndiGen Initiative Earth Genome Project, Human Genome Project SCO Smog Survey Of India ICOA CERT-IN Jana Gana Mana Fundamental duty New Start Treaty Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative Edwards Lutyens Herbert Baker Day-4 Thirukkural of Thiruvalluvar Asian Infrastructure Investment bank(AIIB) Central Pollution Control Board Air Quality Index SAFAR NavIC GAGAN of ISRO Dhanus Smog Particulate matter Stubble burning -
Chapter 20 Constitutional Commissions And
CHAPTER 20 CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS AND INDEPENDENT OFFICES IN KENYA AND AFRICA: EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES1 This Chapter may be cited as: Ben Sihanya (due 2021) “Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices in Kenya: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities,” Chapter 20 in Ben Sihanya (due 2021) Constitutional Democracy, Regulatory, and Administrative Law in Kenya and Africa Vol. 1: Presidency, Premier, Legislature, Judiciary, Commissions, Devolution, Bureaucracy and Administrative Justice in Kenya, Sihanya Mentoring Prof Ben Sihanya Advocates, Nairobi & Siaya 20.1 Problem Statement on Kenyan Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices Why have the Constitutional Commissions and independent offices CCIOs not delivered on the constitutional promise of popular sovereignty, liberty, service delivery and constitutional democracy? Why does tribal colonialism, tyranny and hegemony persist in elections, appointments, contracts, tenders, service delivery and manipulation and intimidation especially in public service in spite of the constitutional commissions and independent offices? In the ensuing sections of this Chapter, an Afro-Kenyanist conceptualisation and problematisation is used in analysing constitutional commissions and independent offices. I have also discussed some of the debates regarding CCIOs in the context of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) 2019 and 2020 reports, and the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 2020. Sovereignty has at least three components under the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and in constitutional theory and practice. First, sovereignty is the constitutive power including constitution making and constitutional amendment. Second, sovereignty is the power to elect, impeach or recall governors or rulers. Third, sovereignty is the power to monitor and evaluate the government, governors or rulers, governance and to hold them accountable. This chapter assesses the meaning, mandate, operation and significance of constitutional commissions and independent offices. -
Download July Current Affairs 2021
IQRA IAS CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2021 1 | P a g e INDEX TOPICS PAGES 1) Polity and Governance 03-19 2) International Relations 20-28 3) Security and Defence 29-37 4) Economy 38-67 5) Science and Technology 68-80 6) Ecology and Environment 81-94 7) Social Issues 95-100 8) Miscellaneous 101-106 2 | P a g e POLITY AND GOVERNANCE Paper II: This section is relevant to Polity and Governance Section of GS Paper II 3 | P a g e 1.1 INTER –STATE RIVER WATER DISPUTE Why in News: The Andhra Pradesh- Telangana dispute over sharing of Krishna river water has intensified, in the wake of projects taken up by both the States. The project include Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS) taken up by the Andhra Pradesh government, and the hydel power generation projects taken up by the Telangana government. Historical Background about the dispute over Krishna River A dispute over the sharing of Krishna waters has been ongoing for many decades, beginning with the erstwhile Hyderabad and Mysore states, and later continuing between the successors Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The first Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) was set up in 1969, under the Inter- State River Water Dispute Act, 1956. The report divided the 2060 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of Krishna water at 75% dependability into three parts amongst Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Afterward, as new grievances arose between the three states, the second KWDT was instituted in 2004. It delivered its report in 2010, which made allocations of the Krishna water at 65% dependability into three parts. -
Polity& Governance
INDEX Polity& Governance 1. Formation of States and UTs in chronology (PIB) 2. Mirror order and the Hague Convention (TH) 3. SC stays EC order revoking ‘star campaigner’ status of Nath (TH) 4. HC panel questions setting up of special courts to try MPs (TH) 5. SC lays down guidelines for matrimonial cases (TH) 6. Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (IE) 7. Electricity Amendment Bill (TH) 8. Right to Recall Vs Right to Reject (TH) 9. SC reserves order on GST on lotteries (TH) 10. What is ‘contempt of court’, and why does the A-G have to consent to these proceedings? (IE) 11. Accused can get bail if probe is not over in time (TH) 12. Right to Dissentand Freedom of Assembly (TH) 13. Office of Profit (Livemint) 14. Sessions of Parliament (TH) 15. Additional and Acting Judges (PIB) 16. Elections to Bodoland Territorial Council (TH) 17. Electoral Bonds(TH) 18. Lok Adalats and Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADRs) (PIB) 19. 80th All IndiaPresiding Officers' Conference(TH) 20. Essential Services Maintenance Act (TH) 21. Preamble of the Constitution (TH) 22. Constitution Day of India (TH) 23. Women Architects of the Indian Constitution (PIB) 24. Tenth Schedule of the Constitution for Defection (TH) 25. Ordinance making power of Governor (TH) Art, Culture and History 1. The War Conference in Delhi (TH) 2. Guru Ram Das Ji: The founder of Amritsar (PIB) 3. All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) (TH) 4. The Indian Working Class and the National Movement (TH) 5. The Miyas of Assam, and their char-chapori culture (IE) 6. -
National Assembly
October 27, 2016 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL REPORT Thursday, 27th October, 2016 The House met at 2.30 p.m. [The Speaker (Hon. Muturi) in the Chair] PRAYERS COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR MEDIATION COMMITTEE ON ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY BILL Hon. Speaker: Hon. Members, you may recall that yesterday, Wednesday, 26th October 2016, I conveyed a Message from the Senate regarding its decision on the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, National Assembly Bill No.36 of 2014. In the Message, it is noted that the Bill was lost at the Second Reading on 19th October 2016 in the Senate. The effect of this is that the Bill now stands committed to a Mediation Committee in accordance to the provisions of Article 112 of the Constitution. Indeed, the Senate has already nominated five Senators to the aforesaid Mediation Committee. Hon. Members, arising from the above and in consultation with the leadership of the Majority Party and Minority Party in the House, I have appointed the following Members to represent the National Assembly in the Mediation Committee: Hon. Millie Odhiambo Mabona, MP. Hon. John Sakwa, MP. Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal, MP. Hon. (Ms) Cecilia Ngetich, MP. Hon. (Ms) Florence Kajuju, MP. Hon. Members, the Mediation Committee is advised to expeditiously commence the process of developing an agreed version of the Bill in line with the provisions of Article 113 of the Constitution. Hon. Members, knowing that the House may be proceeding for some short recess, the Committee is encouraged to remember that it has a maximum of 30 days within which to complete its function.