The 2010 Constitution marked a milestone for advancing the right to health as part of the Bill of Rights. Article 43(1) of the Constitution guarantees every individual the highest attainable standard of health which is also recognised in regional and international human rights instruments such as in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and Article 16 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.

On 8th December 2013, the National Assembly passed The National Social Security Fund Bill, 2013 (Bill). The Bill which was published on the 16th of August 2013, through Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 120 is intended to repeal and replace the National Social Security Fund(NSSF) Act, Cap 258 of the Laws of Kenya (Act).

In Criminal Appeal Numbers 370 and 372 of 2010, the Court of Appeal ordered the re-hearing of two appeals by Ferdinand Indangasi Musee and Aggrey Rasto Wandei at the Mombasa High Court.

Extradition laws should be aligned to the Constitution of Kenya. I am not surprised that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has taken exceptions to the proposals in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill 2013 which he considers as intended to deprive his Office of the legal authority to handle extradition proceedings.

In a ruling delivered on May 2, 2013 in the Criminal Case No 86/2011, Lady Justice Roselyne Lagat-Korir set free an accused person charged with murder after payment of camels and goats to the family of the victim.

The insurance industry through their umbrella body, Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) have been clamouring for the amendment of the Insurance (Motor Vehicle Third Party Risks), Act Cap 405 since the year 2008.