Mutua Makau

MAKAU MUTUA
SUNY Distinguished Professor

Margaret W. Wong Professor
University at Buffalo Law School
The State University of New York
626 John Lord O’Brian Hall
Buffalo, New York 14260
EDUCATION
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Cambridge

Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) June 1987
Student Representative Doctoral Candidates 1986-87
Associate Center for International Affairs 1985-86 Master of
Laws (LLM) June 1985
UNIVERSITY OF DAR-ES-SALAAM Tanzania

Master of Laws 1984
Bachelor of Laws (Honors) 1983
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Kenya

Faculty of Law 1979-81
Finalist Moot Court Competition 1980
Secretary General University of Nairobi Students Union 1981
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO LAW SCHOOL

Margaret W. Wong Professor since June 2020
Dean December May 2008-December 2014
Interim Dean December 2007-May 2008
SUNY Distinguished Professor since March 2007
Floyd H. & Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar 2006-2020
Professor since 1999
Associate Professor 1996-99
Teaches International Human Rights Law, International Law, International
Business Transactions, Enforcement of International Law, Problems of
International Human Rights Practice, International Law Colloquium,
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Directed Readings in International Law, and Gender, Culture, and Human
Rights. Initiated and directs the International Law Concentration.
HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER SUNY Buffalo Law School

Director 1996-2009
Conceptualizes, directs, and executes research projects; organizes
conferences and workshops; directs internship program; develops links
with academic institutions, foundations, and NGOs.
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria, South Africa

Visiting Professor, May 2017, February 2018, February 2019, February 2020
Taught in LLM/MPhil Human Rights and Democratization in Africa
Program.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION, Rome, Italy

Scholar-in-Residence/Senior Advisor to Director-General February-
September 2015.
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Visiting Professor, Center for Human Rights, July 2012
Human rights for doctoral candidates.
UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO Bilbao, Spain

Visiting Professor February 2009
Human Rights Challenges in Africa.
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE Costa Rica

Visiting Professor April 2015; February-March 2007; February-March 2006;
February 2005.
Human Rights (Religion, Gender, and Human Rights; The African Regional
Human Rights System; Transitional Justice).
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF LAW San Juan

Visiting Professor Summer 1995; Summer 2001; Summer 2012
International Protection of Human Rights; International Law and Human
Rights.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW Iowa City

Visiting Professor Summer 2000
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International Trade: Basic Norms and Regulation.
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Cambridge, MA

Visiting Professor Spring 1999
Taught Human Rights and International Law, and Third World
Approaches to International Law. Second Reader, Doctor of Juridical
Science (SJD) dissertation. Supervisor, third year (JD) papers.
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Cambridge, MA

Human Rights Program
Associate Director 1991-96
Led academic activities and exercised overall responsibility over Program
staff and offices. Presided over Program’s colloquium; helped in teaching
courses and seminars; wrote numerous scholarly and analytical articles in
law reviews, journals, and magazines; wrote and edited booklets and
reports; designed and directed research projects in human rights by
students and visiting fellows; placed law student interns in the U.S. and
abroad; and developed links with NGOs, academic programs in human
rights at other universities, international institutions, the media, and
foundations.
UNIVERSITY OF DAR-ES-SALAAM Tanzania

Lecturer in Law 1983-84
Taught International Trade and Investment, and Legal Methods and
Systems.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
THE WORLD BANK, Washington DC

September 2015-September 2016
Human Rights Advisor, Global Practice, Governance Department
Develop human rights policy for the World Bank
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS New York

Director Africa Project 1989 - 1991
Directed and developed the Africa Project; conducted fact-finding
missions abroad; wrote human rights reports; dealt with
governments and the US Congress and Administration; wrote
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funding proposals and developed contacts with funding agencies;
spoke at public fora; and informed the media.
Attorney Political Asylum Project September-December 1988
WHITE & CASE New York

Associate Corporations Department 1987-88
Corporate and commercial law: equipment leasing, loan agreements,
licensing, sales agreements and distributorship contracts.
LITVIN, BLUMBERG, MATUSOW, & YOUNG Philadelphia

Legal Advisor Fall 1986
Researched and wrote memoranda on employer-employee relationships.
TRANSAFRICA Washington DC
Ferguson Fellow Summer 1986
Harvard Law School Human Rights Program internship.
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW GROUP Washington DC

Ferguson Fellow Summer 1985
Harvard Law School Human Rights Program internship.
BAR ADMISSION
Member of the Bar of the State of New York, Admitted June 29, 1988
RESEARCH GRANTS
Ford Foundation (jointly with Mazingira Institute) $100,000 grant to organize

regional conference on human rights in East Africa, October 9-10, 2004, and to edit
a book on the subject.
Ford Foundation Grant, $55,000, to research and write Kenya’s Quest for
Democracy: Taming Leviathan, 2003-2004.
Ford Foundation Grant, $50,000, for research on comparative constitutionalism,

sabbatical year 2002-2003, Nairobi, Kenya [Scholar-in-Residence, Kenya Human
Rights Commission].
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Magavern Summer Faculty Fellowship, SUNY-Buffalo Law School, 2002.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Certificate of Recognition [Invaluable Role as an Accomplished Scholar, Role

Model, and Mentor to Aspiring Scholars from the Republic of Kenya and Beyond],
Kenya Scholars and Studies Association (KESSA), Atlanta, Georgia, September 8,
2017.
Certificate of Appreciation [Keynote Speaker], Kenya Scholars and Studies

Association (KESSA), Atlanta, Georgia, September 8, 2017.
Distinguished Africanist Award, New York African Studies Association, 40 th

Annual Conference, Union College/Albany Law School, New York, April 4, 2015.
Education Award, City of Buffalo [Mayor Byron W. Brown], Black History Month
[Civil Rights in America: 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act], February 11,
2014.
Business First Power 250 [250 Most Influential People in Western New York],
Buffalo Business First, Ranked at No. 91, February 6, 2014.
2014 Lawyers of Color Third Annual Power List, February 2014.
Named to 2103 Business First Western New York Legal Elite, Buffalo Business
First, September 2013, see
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/buffalolawjournal/2013/09/introd
ucing-the-first-members-of-our.html.
Top 100 Most Influential People in Kenya [ranked at 78], see

http://trulykenyan.com/top-100-kenyans/.
Business First Power 200 [200 Most Influential People in Western New York],
Buffalo Business First, February 8, 2013.
Mwongozi (Leadership) Award, Kenya National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission, December 15, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Named to the 2012, 2013 100 Most Influential Black Lawyers in the Nation, The
Power 100 Special Edition, On Being a Black Lawyer (OBABL), See
http://www.obabl.com/power100/;
http://www.onbeingablacklawyer.com/wordpress/the-power-100-
2013honoreesannounced.
Member, SUNY Distinguished Academy [founded in 2012].
2010 Who Is Who in Law, Buffalo Business First and Buffalo Law Journal.
Trailblazer Award, Rochester Black Bar Association, October 9, 2009, Rochester,

New York.
SADOO Enterprises, Inc., African Schools Project, Distinguished Citizen Award,

October 19, 2008, Buffalo, New York.
Mayor, City of Buffalo, Executive Chamber Proclamation – October 19, 2008

declared Dean Makau Mutua Day, October 19, 2008, Buffalo, New York.
President’s Award, Minority Bar Association of Western New York, September 18,
2008, Buffalo, New York.
Mayor, City of Buffalo, Executive Chamber Proclamation – September 9, 2008

declared Makau W. Mutua Day, September, 9, 2008, Buffalo, New York.
Minority Bar Association of Western New York, Welcome Award, September 9,

2008.
The 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award [For Outstanding Service to the

University and the Community by a Non-Alumnus], University at Buffalo Law
Alumni Association, May 1, 2008.
Bashorun M. K. O. Abiola Lecture Award, African Studies Association, 50 th

Anniversary Annual Meeting, New York, New York, October 2007.
2007 Faculty Award [Outstanding Teacher Award], SUNY Buffalo Law School,
May 2007.
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“The Ideology of Human Rights, 36 Va. J. Int’l L. 589 (1996), selected for inclusion
in Special Issue: Forty Years of Scholarship: Excerpts From Articles in the Virginia
Journal of International Law that Charted New Paths and Captured Historic
Moments, 40 Va. J. Int’l L. 849, 949-951 (2000).
Prominent Refugee, Gallery of Prominent Refugees, 50th of the United Nations

High Commission for Refugees [named among 100 others as a Prominent
Refugee], go to
www.unhcr-50.org/gallery/igallery.html or www.unhcr-
50.org/gallery/mutua.html.
Marshall, SUNY-Buffalo Law School Commencement, 2002, 2001.
Elected by Students to be Faculty Commencement Speaker (“Why Law School?”),

SUNY-Buffalo Law School Commencement, 1999.
Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Faculty Award, SUNY Buffalo, February 1998.
Jacob D. Hyman Award, SUNY Buffalo Law School, April 1998.
Certificate of Special Recognition, Students of Color Recognition Dinner, SUNY at

Buffalo School of Law, April 1999.
Fellow, Boston Fellows Program, The Partnership, Inc., Boston, MA. 1994-95.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
The Palgrave Handbook on Democrcay, Governance, and Justice in Africa

(Aderamola Adeola & Makau Mutua, eds., Cham: Switzerland, Palgrave
Macmillan, 2022).
Human Rights Standards: Hegemony, Law, and Politics, Albany, New York:
SUNY Press (2016).
Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Political and Normative Tensions [editor],
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008 (hardcover); Kampala,
Uganda: Fountain Publishers, 2009 (paperback). (2009 nomination for the African
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Studies Association’s Herskovits Award). [Reviews: 32 Human Rights Quarterly
216-223 (February 2010); Yusuf K. Serunkuma, AfricaBookClub.com (November
27, 2010); “Between Rights and Riches,” Independent (Uganda), May 15, 2009);
“Between Rights and Riches: Civil Rights Movements in Half Democracies,”
Monitor, June 13, 2009].
Kenya’s Quest for Democracy: Taming Leviathan, Boulder: Lynne Rienner

Publishers, 2008 (hardcover); Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers, 2009
(Paperback). (2009 nomination for the African Studies Association’s Herskovits
Award). [Reviews: 7 Perspectives on Politics 3: 679-681 (September 2009); 47
Journal of Modern African Studies 3: 481-482 (2009); 124 Political Science
Quarterly
2: 382-383 (Summer 2009); “The Hard Road to Democracy,” Independent
(Uganda), May 15, 2009; “The Struggle to Transform Kenya,” Sunday Nation, May
17, 2009; “Kenya’s Hard Road to Democracy,” New Vision (Uganda), May 8, 2009;
52 African
Studies Review (2009); 15 South African Journal of International Affairs 1: 101-104,
June 2008); The Midwest Book Review (www.midwestbookreview.com, June 2008;
Library Journal, June 1, 2008; Amazon.com, June 8, 2008); Book News Inc. August
2008; 14 Choice, October 2008; Foreign Affairs 163-164 (March/April
2009)].
Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique, Philadelphia: University of

Pennsylvania Press, 2002 [cloth], 2008 [paperback]. [Reviews: Right Now: Human
Rights in Australia, April 16, 2014 at
http://rightnow.org.au/writingcat/review/review-of-human-rights-a-
politicaland-cultural-critique-by-makaumutua/, accessed on April 16, 2014; 16
Harvard Human Rights Journal 284-286 (2003); 17 Ethics & International Affairs
176-178 (2003); Sunday Nation (January 11, 2004); Foreign Affairs 166-167
(March/April 2003); AFLA Quarterly 27 (October/December 2002); 40 Choice
(November 2002); 52 Buffalo Law Review 511 (2004); 5 Human Rights Review 99-
111 October/December 2003); 4.1 Human Rights Law Review 186-189 (2004);
Amazon.com (July 2, 2006)].
Zaire: Repression As Policy (with Peter Rosenblum), New York: Lawyers

Committee for Human Rights, 1990.
ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, REVIEWS
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“The Fraud of John Locke: Subnational Challenges to Democratic Theory,” in
Comparative Election Law (James A. Gardner, ed., Edgar Elgar Publishing,
forthcoming 2023).
“Illiberalism, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law: A Kenyan Paradox,” in The
Palgrave Handbook of Kenya and its History (Wanjala Nasong’o, ed., Palgrave
[forthcoming 2023].
“A problem of Utopia: Human Rights and Transitional Justice,” in The Oxford

Handbook of Transitional Justice (Jens Meierhenrich & Alexander Lahan Hinton,
eds., Oxford University Press [forthcoming 2023].
“Reparations for Slavery: A Productive Strategy?” in Time for Reparations: A

Global Perspective (Jacqueline Bhabha, Margareta Matache, & Caroline Elkins,
eds., University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021).
”Die Rolle von Nichtregierungsorganisationen bei der Rechtserzeugung” [The

Role of NGOs in the Creation of Norms], in Dekoloniale Rechtskritik und
Rechtspraxis (Karina Theurer & Wofgagng Kaleck, eds) (Nomos 2020)
“The Richardson Escuela: Law as Politics,” 31 Temple Journal of International

Law 247-255 (2017).
“Africans and the ICC: Hypocrisy, Impunity, and Perversion,” in Africa and the
ICC: Perceptions of Justice 47-60 (Kamari M. Clarke, Abel S. Knottnerus, & Eefje
de Volder, eds., 2016).
“Africa and the Rule of Law,” 23 Sur (Revista Internacional de Direitos Human
[International Journal of Human Rights] 2016), see also “Africa and the Rule of
Law: the Problematic Rebirth of Liberalism,” 5 Zanzibar Yearbook of Law 103-
120 (2015).
“Is the Age of Human Rights Over?” in The Routledge Companion to Literature
and Human Rights 450-458 (Sophia A. McClennen & Alexandra Schulthesis
Moore, eds., 2016)
“Closing the ‘Impunity Gap’ and the Role of State Support for the ICC,” in
Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court 99-111 (Richard H.
Steinberg, ed., 2016).
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“Mazrui and Barkan: A Tribute,” Journal of Contemporary African Studies (2016).
“What is the Future of Transitional Justice?” International Journal of Transitional

Justice 1-9 (Special Issue 2015).
“Why Kenya is a Nation in Embryo,” in 50 Years Since Independence: Where is

Kenya? 238-245 (Susan Wakhungu-Githuku, ed. 2013, Nairobi: Footprints Press).
“A Critique of Rights in Transitional Justice: the African Experience,” in
Rethinking Transitions: Equality and Social Justice in Societies Emerging from
Conflict 31-45 (Gaby Ore Aguilar and Felipe Gomez Isa, eds., 2011).
“In Memoriam – Virginia Leary,” Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting

[American Society of International Law], 2011.
“Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: Putting Homophobia on Trial,” in African

Sexualities 452-462 (Sylvia Tamale, ed., 2011).
“Darfur Debate – What Should the ICC do about the Darfur Question?” Invited
Experts on the Darfur Question, Human Rights and International Criminal Law
Forum Online, UCLA Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Project, available at
http://uclalawforum.com/#Mutua, posted on January 26, 2011.
“The International Criminal Court in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities,”

Norwegian Peace Building Centre (NOREF), September 2010, available at
http://www.peacebuilding.no/eng/Publications/Noref-
Reports2/TheInternational-Criminal-Court-in-Africa-challenges-
andopportunities.
Book Review, Africa: Mapping New Boundaries in International Law (Jeremy I

Levitt, ed., Hart Publishing 2008), 104 American Journal of International Law
532538 (2010).
“Human Rights: Critiques,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Peace 353-355 (Nigel J.

Young, ed., 2010).
Book Review, Mary L. Dudziak, Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood

Marshall’s African Journey (Oxford University Press 2008), 31 Human Rights
Quarterly 11461155 (2009).
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“An Apology for a Pathological Brute,” 31 Human Rights Quarterly 806-809 (2009)
[Review of Tim Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer,
London: Faber and Faber, 2007].
“The Transformation of Africa: A Critique of the Rights Discourse,” in

International Human Rights Law in a Global Context 899-924 (Felipe Gomez Isa
and Koen de Feyter, eds., 2009). See also “The Transformation of Africa: A Critique
of Rights in Transitional Justice” in Law in Transition: Human Rights,
Development, and Transitional Justice 91-102 (Ruth Buchanan & Peer Zumbansen,
eds., 2014). “Human Rights and Powerlessness: Pathologies of Choice and
Substance, 56 Buffalo Law Review 1027-1034 (2008).
James Dawes, That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity, Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 2007 [Book Review] 31 Biography 748-751
(Fall 2008).
“Interrogating Transitional Justice: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence,” in

Unfinished Business: Transitional Justice and Women’s Rights in Africa 13-24
(ACORD – Agency for Cooperation and Research Development [Nairobi, Kenya],
Occasional Paper No. 1, 2008; see also “Transitional Justice in Sexual and Gender-
Based Violence, ”Pambazuka News (July 14, 2008)
[http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/49424]; “Interrogating
Transitional Justice in Relation to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence,” 44
WOMEN’S WORLD [ISIS – Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange] 3-11
(2009).
“Human Rights in Africa: the Limited Promise of Liberalism,” 51 African Studies

Review 17-39 (2008); See also “Human Rights: the Limited Promise of Liberalism,”
in Reframing Contemporary Africa: Politics, Culture, and Society in the Global Era
334-350 (Peyi Soyinka-Airewele & Rita Kiki Edozie, eds., 2010).
“Tim Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer, London:
Faber and Faber, 2007 [Book Review] 14 South African Journal of International
Affairs 172176 (Winter/Spring 2007)
“Beyond Juba: Does Uganda Need a National Truth and Reconciliation Process?”
13 East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights 142-155 (2007); see also 13 Buffalo
Human Rights Law Review 401-414 (2007).
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“Standard Setting in Human Rights: Critique and Prognosis 29 Human Rights
Quarterly 547-630 (2007).
“Change in the Human Rights Universe,” 20 Harvard Human Rights Journal 3

(2007).
“The Iraq Paradox: Minority and Group Rights in a Viable Constitution,” 54

Buffalo Law Review 927 (2006).
“Political Parties in Transitions: the Kenyan Experience,” in Political Succession in

East Africa: in Search of a Limited Leadership 109 (Chris Maina Peter & Fritz
Kopsieker, eds., 2006)
“The Complexity of Universalism in Human Rights,” in Human Rights with

Modesty: The Problem of Universalism 51-64 (Andras Sajo, ed., 2004).
“African Human Rights Organizations: Questions of Context and Legitimacy,” in

Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Development in Africa 191-197 (Paul
Tiyambe Zeleza & Philip J. McConnaughay, eds., 2004).
“Proselytism and Cultural Integrity,” in Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief:

A Deskbook 651-668 (Tore Lindholm, W. Cole Durham, and Bahia G. Tahzib-Lie,
eds., 2004). See also “Penyebaran Agama dan Integritas Budaya,” Kebebasan
Beragama Atau Berkeyakinan: Seberapa Jauh? 581-610 (Tore Lindholm, W. Cole
Durham, Bahia G. Tahzib Lie, eds., 2010) [Indonesian Edition].
“Terrorism and Human Rights: Power, Culture, and Subordination,” 8 Buffalo

“The Banjul Charter: the Case for an African Cultural Fingerprint,” in Cultural
Transformation and Human Rights in Africa 68-107 (Abdullahi A. An-Na’im, ed.,
2002).
“Breaking the Barriers: Radical Constitutionalism in a New African Century,” in

Constitutionalism in Africa: Creating Opportunities, Facing Challenges 308-337 (J.
Oloka-Onyango, ed., 2001).
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“Protecting Human Rights In a Global Economy: Challenges for the World Trade
Organization” (with Robert Howse), in Human Rights in Development 51-82
(Hugo Stokke & Arne Tostensen, eds., 2001).
Book Review [J. Shand Watson, Theory and Reality in the International
Protection of Human Rights (1999)], 95 American Journal of International Law
255-257 (2001).
“Savages, Victims, and Saviors: the Metaphor of Human Rights,” 42 Harvard

International Law Journal 201-245 (2001). See also Eve Darian-Smith, Laws and
Societies in Global Contexts: Contemporary Approaches 84-96 (2013).
“Justice under Siege: The Rule of Law and Judicial Subservience in Kenya,” 23
Human Rights Quarterly 96-118 (2001).
“Universal Jurisdiction: Questions of Blind Universality,” Africa Legal Aid

Quarterly 21-22 (July-September 2001).
“Human Rights International NGOs: A Critical Evaluation,” in NGOs and Human

Rights: Promise and Performance 151-163 (Claude E. Welch, Jr., ed., 2001).
Reprinted in Global Activism Reader 149-160 (Luc Reydams, ed., 2011)
“The Rwanda Tribunal: A Critical Assessment,” Africa Legal Aid Quarterly 6-9
(April-June 2001).
“Critical Race Theory and International Law: The View of an Insider-Outsider,” 45

Villanova Law Review 841-853 (2000).
“The Construction of the African Human Rights System: Prospects and Pitfalls,”
in Realizing Human Rights: Moving From Inspiration to Impact 143-166
(Samantha Power & Graham Allison eds., 2000).
“From Nuremberg to the Rwanda Tribunal: Justice or Retribution?” 6 Buffalo

“Politics and Human Rights: An Essential Symbiosis,” in The Role of Law in

International Politics 149-175 (Michael Byers, ed., 2000).
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“The African Human Rights Court: A Two-Legged Stool,” 21 Human Rights
Quarterly 342-363 (1999).
“A Common Standard--50 Years of Defending Human Rights For All,” The 1999
World Book Year Book 222-227 (1999).
"Returning to My Roots: African Religions and the State," in Proselytization and

Communal Self-Determination in Africa 169-190 (Abdullahi An-Na'im, ed., 1999).
“The Ideology of Human Rights: Toward Post-Liberal Democracy?” in

Governance and Legitimacy in Africa 109-164 (Kofi Quashigah and Obiora
Chinedu Okafor, eds., 1999).
“The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Africa,” in The Legal Profession and
the Protection of Human Rights in Africa 107-112 (Evelyn A. Ankumah & Edward
K. Kwakwa, eds., 1999).
“Looking Past the Human Rights Committee: An Argument for De-marginalizing

Enforcement,” 4 Buffalo Human Rights Law Review 211-260 (1998).
"Never Again: Questioning the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals," 11 Temple

International and Comparative Law Journal 167-187 (1997).
"Hope and Despair for a New South Africa: the Limits of Rights Discourse," 10
Harvard Human Rights Journal 63-114 (1997).
"The Ideology of Human Rights," 36 Virginia Journal of International Law 589-657

(1996).
Reformulating the Discourse of the Human Rights Movement," 3 East African

Journal of Peace & Human Rights 317-24 (1996).
"Editor's Introduction," 18 Law and Policy 195-197 (1996).
"The Politics of Human Rights: Beyond the Abolitionist Paradigm in Africa," 17

Michigan Journal of International Law 591-613 (1996).
"Limitations on Religious Rights: Problematizing Religious Freedom in the African
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Context," in Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives
417440 (Johan D. van der Vyver and John Witte, Jr., eds. 1996). Reprinted in 5
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review 75-105 (1999).
"Why Redraw the Map of Africa of Africa: A Legal and Moral Inquiry," 16
Michigan Journal of International Law 1113-1176 (1995).
"Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: the Dilemmas of the African Post-
Colonial State," 21 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 505-536 (1995).
"The Interaction between Human Rights, Democracy and Governance and the
Displacement of Populations," International Journal of Refugee Law 37-45 (Special
Issue - Summer 1995).
"The Banjul Charter and the African Cultural Fingerprint: An Evaluation of the
Language of Duties," 35 Virginia Journal of International Law 339-380 (1995).
Reprinted in 6 Review of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
16-48 (1996-97). Translated in Ala Charte de Banjul et L’Empreinte de la Culture
Africaine: Une Evaluation du Langage des Obligations, 6 La Revue de la
Commission des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples 49-73 (1996-97).
[Book Review] Human Rights and Governance in Africa, Goran Hyden and
Winston P. Nagan, eds. (Gainesville: University of Florida, 1993) [29 Canadian
Journal of African Studies 507-509 (1995).
"Southern Africa: From Regional Conflict to Internal Reconstruction," 2 Brown

Journal of World Affairs, 179-188 (1995)
"Human Rights and State Despotism in Kenya: Institutional Problems," 41 Africa

Today, 50-56 (1994)
“Building Human Rights Institutions in Emerging Democracies in Africa,” in

Understanding Human Rights in the Context of Japan’s Growing
Internationalism: Creating a Better Human Rights Regime in a Changing World
[in Japanese] (Takehiko Yamamoto, Yasunobu Fujiwara, and Kerry Kennedy
Cuomo, eds., 1994).
"Domestic Human Rights Organizations in Africa: Problems and Perspectives," 22

Issue: Journal of Opinion, 30-33 (1994).
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"U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Africa: Building Democracy through Popular
Participation," in U.S. Foreign Policy: An Africa Agenda, 13-17 Africa Policy
Information Center, Washington DC, 1994.
"Human Rights and Politics in Africa: Democratizing the Rights Discourse," 1 East
African Journal of Peace & Human Rights 250-255 (1993).
"The African Human Rights System in a Comparative Perspective: The Need for
Urgent Reformulation," 5 Legal Forum 31-35 (1993) [Zimbabwe].
“The African Human Rights System in a Comparative Perspective, “3 Review of

the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 5-11 (1993).
"Zaire," in World Report: Information, Freedom and Censorship, London: Article

19, 60-63 (1991).
"Tanzania's Recent Economic Reform: an Analysis," 5 Trans Africa Forum, 69-85

(1988).
Conference Proceedings
“Just Back from the Human Rights Council,” American Society of International
Law, Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting 329-33 (2008).
“What is TWAIL?” American Society of International Law, Proceedings of the 94th

Annual Meeting 31-39 (2000).
“INGOs as Political Actors,” American Society of International Law, Proceedings

of the 93rd Annual Meeting 210-211 (1999).
“Conflicting Conceptions of Human Rights: Rethinking the African Post-Colonial

State,” American Society of International Law, Proceedings of the 89th Annual
Meeting 487-490 (1995).
Blogs
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“Kenya and the BBI Five,” VerfBlog, 2021/6/11,
https://verfassungsblog.de/kenya-and-the-bbi-five/,DOI: 10.17176/20210611-
193320-0 (Berlin, Germany).
Reports and Policy Documents
Voices of Reason: Constitutionalism and Referendum Politics, Nairobi: African

Centre for Economic Growth, October 2005.
Human Rights and the Protection of Minorities: Options for an Iraqi Constitution,
New York: United Nations Development Programme, February 2005.
Legal and Economic Reform in Africa: Lessons From World Bank Projects,
Washington DC: World Bank, April 2004.
Report of the Task Force on the Establishment of a Truth, Justice, and

Reconciliation Commission, Nairobi: Government of the Republic of Kenya,
August 2003 [Lead Writer and Editor].
Africa Legal Aid: Report of Strategic Review, Maastricht: The Netherlands, August
2001.
Human Rights and Good Governance: The UNESCO Liberia Project, Paris:
UNESCO, December 2000.
Protecting Human Rights in a Global Economy: Challenges for the World Trade
Organization (with Robert Howse), Montreal: International Centre for Human
Rights and Democratic Development, April 2000.
“The African Human Rights System: A Critical Evaluation,” go to

www.undp.org/hdro/MUTUA.PDF or www.undp.org/hdro/occ.htm#1
(Human Development Report 2000 Background Papers).
Report of the Needs Assessment Mission to South Africa, (with Jamal Benomar,
Alain Bockel, David Johnson, and Peter Rosenblum), Geneva: UN Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights, May 1996.
Disappeared in Guatemala: the Case of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez, (with Bernard

Harcourt and Anne Manuel), New York: Human Rights Watch/Americas, March
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1995.
Confronting the Past: Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Malawi,

Washington DC: The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, May
1994 [sole author].
South Africa Prepares for the Democratic Challenge: Report of the Pre-Election
Mission, Washington DC: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, April
1994 [sole author].
Ethiopia in Transition: A Report on the Judiciary and the Legal Profession,

Washington DC: International Human Rights Law Group, January 1994 [primary
author].
A Long Road to Uhuru: Human Rights and Political Participation in Kenya, (with
David Gillies), Montreal: International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic
Development with Westminster Foundation for Democracy, March 1993.
Sudan: Attacks on the Judiciary, New York: Lawyers Committee for Human
Rights, March 1991 [sole author].
Zaire: Massacre of Students at Lubumbashi, New York: Lawyers Committee for

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“The Scourge of Fouk-Mouthed Officials,” Sunday Nation, June 25, 2023.
“The Evil of Casual Racism,” Sunday Nation, June 18, 2023.
“The Black Man’s Burden,” Sunday Nation, June 11, 2023.
“The Power of a Woman, Sunday Nation, June 4, 2023.
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“The Nairobi Kiosk Menace,” Sunday Nation, May 28, 2023.
“The Trump Menace, Again,” Sunday Nation, May 21, 2023.
“The Tragedy that is Sudan,” Sunday Nation, May 14, 2023.
“The Hierarchy of Cultures,” Sunday Nation, May 7, 2023.
“The Devil Hiding in the Church,” Sunday Nation, April 30, 2023.
“Can Kenya Fail as a State?” Sunday Nation, April 23, 2023.
“Kenya’s Zero-Sum Games,” Sunday Nation, April 16, 2023.
“Why Sovereign Equality is a Fiction,” Sunday Nation, April 9, 2023.
“Let’s not Become Zimbabwe, Sunday Nation, April 2, 2023.
“Kenya Kwanza’s Arrogance of Power,” Sunday Nation, March 26, 2023.
“Kenya’s Political Eclipse Part IV,” Sunday Nation, March 19, 2023.
“Kenya’s Political Eclipse Part III,” Sunday Nation, March 12, 2023
“Kenya’s Political Eclipse Part II,” Sunday Nation, March 5, 2023.
“Kenya’s Political Eclipse Part I, Sunday Nation, February 26, 2023.
“The Populist Illiberal Authoritarian,” Sunday Nation, February 19, 2023.
“Living a Purpose-Driven Life,” Sunday Nation, February 12, 2023.
“The Afterlife – Fact, or Fiction?” Sunday Nation, February 5, 2023.
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“We’re Passing Clouds, Fleetingly here,” Sunday Nation, January 29, 2023.
“Why Pessimism is Better than Optimism,” Sunday Nation, January 22, 2023.
“Kenya Won’t be a Theocracy,” Sunday Nation, January 15, 2023.
“Whataboutism and UDA impunity,” Sunday Nation, January 8, 2023.
“Mwangaza Only Guilty of Absurdity,” Sunday Nation, January 1, 2023.
“Why Kenya is Limping into 2023,” Sunday Nation, December 25, 2022.
“Mourning Kenya’s Fallen Church,” Sunday Nation, December 18, 2022.
“Kenya’s Holier-Than-Thou Politics, Sunday Nation, December 11, 2022
“UDA regime Governed by Insecurity,” Sunday Nation, December 4, 2022.
“JLAC Confirms Kenya’s Fake Democracy,” Sunday Nation, November 27, 2022.
“Kenya’s Fake Democracy Part IV, Sunday Nation, November 20, 2022.
“Kenya’s Fake Democracy Part III,” Sunday Nation, November 13, 2022.
“Kenya’s Fake Democracy Part II,” Sunday Nation, November 6, 2022.
“Kenya’s Fake Democracy Part I,” Sunday Nation, October 30, 2022.
“Remembering Jomo’s Cabinet,” Sunday Nation, October 23, 2022.
“Why Vladimir Putin’s End is Nigh,” Sunday Nation, October 16, 2022.
“Muhoozi, a Test Tube Idi Amin,” Sunday Nation, October 9, 2022
“Four Disruptive Post-Colonial Ideas,” Sunday Nation, October 2, 2022.
“Four Imperative for Africa’s Renaissance,” Sunday Nation, September 25, 2022.
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“Nationalism, a Danger to Democracy,” Sunday Nation, September 18, 2022.
“Liberal Democracy. Is it a Fraud,” Sunday Nation, September 11, 2022.
“It’s the Season of Quislings in Kenya,” Sunday Nation, September 4, 202
“IEBC, the House Chebukati Put Asunder,” Sunday Nation, August 28, 2022.
“Wafula Chebukati, the IEBC dictator,” Sunday Nation, August 21, 2022.
“How Kenya will get on path to economic recovery,” Sunday Nation, August 14,
2022.
“Political Revenge of Kenyan Nerds,” Sunday Nation, August 7, 2022.
“Ruto’s Words Reveal He’s a Misogynist,” Sunday Nation, July 31, 2022.
“Chapter Six of the Constitution is Kenya’s Soul, Sunday Nation, July 24, 2022.
“Ruto’s Diary after the August 9 Elections,” Sunday Nation, July 17, 2022.
“Bad Policy for Ruto to Prosecute Uhuru,” Sunday Nation, July 10, 2022.
“Why the Rift Valley May Reject Ruto,” Sunday Nation, July 3, 2022.
“The Ruto missteps and GEMA rebellion,” Sunday Nation, June 26, 2022.
“Kalonzo Completes Azimio Juggernaut,” Sunday Nation, June 19, 2022.
“EACC list: The Parade of Deplorables,” Sunday Nation, June 12, 2022.
“Let’s Rotate the Presidency on August 9,” Sunday Nation, June 5, 2022.
“Raila Odinga Makes History – Again,” Sunday Nation, May 29, 2022.
“Of fake political debts and Ruto’s Pity Party,” Sunday Nation, May 22, 2022.
“Let’s Democratize Selection of Running Mate,” Sunday Nation, May 15, 2022.
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“Ruto is Unfit for Duty, Elect Him at Your Own Peril,” Sunday Nation, May 8,
2022.
“Kibaki and the Promise of a Reformist State,” Sunday Nation, May 1, 2022.
“The first 11 of the Azimio Tsunami is now complete,” Sunday Nation, April 24,
2022.
“Vladmir Putin, the Evil Monster,” Sunday Nation, April 17, 2022.
“It is Ruto against Raila, and not Uhuru,” Sunday Nation, April 10, 2022.
“Mr. Ruto, the Bitter Political Divorcee,” Sunday Nation, April 3, 2022.
“Why William Ruto is Totally Unfit to be President of the Republic of Kenya,”

Sunday Nation, March 27, 2022.
“Boda Boda Menace a Sign of Deep Cultural Misogyny,” Sunday Nation, March
20, 2022.
“Ruto tour a bona fide diplomatic stinker,” Sunday Nation, March 13, 2022.
“The Hubbub Over ‘Village’ Parties,” Sunday Nation, March 6, 2022.
“Cry, My Beloved Kenya Airways, Sunday Nation, February 27, 2022.
“Kenya’s Reset Moment Beckons,” Sunday Nation, February 20, 2022.
“A Season of Hope – and Fear,” Sunday Nation, February 13, 2022.
“The Spectre of the ICC – Again,” Sunday Nation, February 6, 2022.”
“Mudavadi’s Mystery Earthquake,” Sunday Nation, January 30, 2022.
“What I saw in Kisumu City,” Sunday Nation, January 23, 2022.
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“How to Pick a Running Mate,” Sunday Nation, January 16, 2022.
“The Press, Bias, and Elections,” Sunday Nation, January 9, 2022.
“The Rise – and Fall – of David Ndii,” Sunday Nation, January 2, 2022.
“Judging Presidential Candidates,” Sunday Nation, December 19, 2021.
“Let’s Allow CJ Koome to Work,” Sunday Nation, December 12, 2021.
“Gideon Moi, the Hapless Prince?” Sunday Nation, December 5, 2021.
“Let us Avoid the Apocalypse,” Sunday Nation, November 28, 2021.
“Wetangula, a Boxer Above his Weight,” Sunday Nation, November 21, 2021.
“Mudavadi, the Overlooked Gentleman,” Sunday Nation, November 14, 2021.
“Kalonzo Musyoka’s Tough Choices,” Sunday Nation, November 7, 2021.
“Ex-CJ Mutunga’s Miguna Gambit,” Sunday Nation, October 31, 2021.
“Omtatah, the People’s Advocate, Sunday Nation, October 24, 2021.
“Another of Kagame’s Victims,” Sunday Nation, October 17, 2021.
“Iconic Martha Karua is Back,” Sunday Nation, October 10, 2021.
“Why Uhuru Dumped Ruto,” Sunday Nation, October 3, 2021
“After Kabul, is Mogadishu Next?” Daily Nation, September 26, 2021.
“The Central-Rift Political Curse,” Sunday Nation, September 19, 2021.
“Matiangi, the Philosopher King,” Sunday Nation, September 12, 2021
“Is Uhuru, or Ruto, in Charge?” Sunday Nation, September 5, 2021.
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“Media should endorse candidates,” Sunday Nation, August 29, 2021.
“No, Mwaura, I don’t Hate Ruto,” Sunday Nation, August 22, 2021.
“The Law as Performance Art,” Sunday Nation, August 15, 2021.
“Bad Politics: Why I Blame Wanjiku,” Sunday Nation, August 8, 2021.
“William Ruto’s Past is Prologue,” Sunday Nation, August 1, 2021
“Ruto’s Kiambaa Victory is Pyrrhic,” Sunday Nation, July 25, 2021.
“Next year could be 2007 redux,” Sunday Nation, July 18, 2021.
“We’ve failed to weed out ignorance,” Sunday Nation, July 11, 2021.
“William Ruto, the Fifth President,” Sunday Nation, July 4, 2021.
“Kirubi, the Kenyan Oligarch,” Sunday Nation, June 27, 2021.
“It’s Time to Decolonize Kinyaa,” Sunday Nation, June 20, 2021.
“The Crass Political Photograph,” Sunday Nation, June 13, 2021
“Why JSC is a Rogue Institution,” Sunday Nation, June 6, 2021.
“End of Ethnic Kingpins is Nigh,” Sunday Nation, May 30, 2021.
“Ndii, an Advocate of Impunity,” Sunday Nation, May 23, 2021.
“Murder in the Name of Love,” Sunday Nation, May 16, 2021.
“Kiraitu’s Long Road Walk to Damascus,” Sunday Nation, May 9, 2021.
“Ruto Goes Mano-a-Mano with Uhuru,” Sunday Nation, May 2, 2021.
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“The Mwende Mwinzi Vendetta,” Sunday Nation, April 25, 2021.
“Futility of the ‘Dotard Coalition,’” Sunday Nation, April 18, 2021.
“Punish Covid Vaccine Profiteers,” Sunday Nation, April 11, 2021.
“Gideon Tosha? Hold that thought,” Sunday Nation, April 4, 2021.
“Leave My Crystal Ball Alone,” Sunday Nation, March 28, 2021.
“The High Cost of Magufuli Error,” Sunday Nation, March 21, 2021.
“Reality Check on Homosexuality,” Sunday Nation, March 14, 2021.
“Stop the Covid-19 Denialism,” Sunday Nation, March 7, 2021
”Kituyi’s No Manchurian Candidate,” Sunday Nation, February 28, 2021.
“What JSC Must do in Search of Chief Justice,” Daily Nation, February 26, 2021.
“DP Ruto is a Trump Facsimile,” Sunday Nation, February 21, 2021.
“Don’t Blacks Deserve Covid Jabs? Sunday Nation, February 14, 2021.
“It’s a New Dawn in America,” Sunday Nation, February 7, 2021.
“Kenyan Press: Sloppy or Corrupt?” Sunday Nation, January 31, 2021.
“Why Susan Kihika is No Hustler,” Sunday Nation, January 24, 2021.
“Trump, the Seditious President,” Sunday Nation, January 17, 2021.
“Our Insatiable Hunger for Lies,” Sunday Nation, January 10, 2021.
“The Filthy-Mouthed Politician,” Sunday Nation, January 3, 2021.
“The Year of the Grim Reaper,” Sunday Nation, December 27, 2020.
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“The Tyranny of the Intellect,” Sunday Nation, December 20, 2020.
“Kenya’s Circular Firing Squad,” Sunday Nation, December 13, 2020.
“The Politics of Clitoridectomy,” Sunday Nation, December 6, 2020.
“Did Ruto Flip, and then Flop?” Sunday Nation, November 29, 2020.
“Fired! Trump’s Shameful Weapon,” Sunday Nation, November 22, 2020.
“Time to End Ethnic Entitlement,” Sunday Nation, November 15, 2020.
Nzamba Kitonga, Lion of the Law,” Sunday Nation, November 8, 2020.
“Why Trump Will Lose in a Big Way,” Sunday Nation, November 1, 2020.
“Expanded Executive will Relieve Post-election Woes,” Daily Nation, October 26,
2020.
“Why do we Lie about the Dead?” Sunday Nation, October 25, 2020.
“Deconstructing ‘Hustler Nation,’” Sunday Nation, October 18, 2020.
“Ndii is Dead Wrong about Ruto,” Sunday Nation, October 11, 2020.
“CJ a Good Judge But a Bad Politician,” Sunday Nation, October 4, 2020.
“Is Karua State House material?” Sunday Nation, September 27, 2020.
“Careful; Uhuru is not a Lame Duck,” Sunday Nation, September 20, 2020.
“Murkomen is doing Ruto no good,” Sunday Nation, September 13, 2020.
“Raila is down to last bullet, will it be a sure shot?” Saturday Nation, September
12, 2020.
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“End the Demonization of Nigerians,” Sunday Nation, September 6, 2020.
“The Constitution is Sacred, But always dynamic,” Sunday Nation, August 30,
2020.
“Politics is all about Self-Interest,” Sunday Nation, August 30, 2020
“How Dowry Fosters Marital Rape,” Sunday Nation, August 23, 2020.
“Why Kenyan EPL Fans are Traitors,” Sunday Nation, August 16, 2020.
“The Futility of the Twitter Politician,” Sunday Nation, August 9, 2020.
“North Korea, Republic of Fear,” Saturday Nation, August 8, 2020.
“Justice Mumbi, a Judicial Icon,” Sunday Nation, August 2, 2020.
“Moses, Musa or Mugo? How our names promote racial inferiority,” Sunday
Nation, July 26, 2020.
“Somebody thinks I can work for Ruto (excuse while I laugh),” Sunday Nation,
July 19, 2020.
“Raila ranks at the top of the pyramid of Kenyan patriots,” Sunday Nation, July
12, 2020.
“Why Deputy President Ruto has lost fight against is boss,” Sunday Nation, July
5, 2020.
“Busting, for good, the myth of ethnic exceptionalism in Kenya,” Sunday Nation,
June 28, 2020.
“Floyd protesters are the purging of America’s Original Sin,” Sunday Nation,
June 21, 2020.
“Taking JSC out of Judiciary will bolster judicial autonomy,” Sunday Nation,
June 14, 2020.
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“RIP Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki, a sage for the ages,” Sunday Nation,
June 7, 2020.
“Take JSC out of judiciary to free courts from KANU-era intrusion,” Sunday
Nation, May 31, 2020.
“Purge in Senate illustrates why the law is a servant of politics,” Sunday Nation,
May 24, 2020.
“Stop militarizing civilian life; we have competent wananchi for jobs,” Sunday
“Uhuru must impeach, charge or make way for President Ruto,” Sunday Nation,
May 10, 2020.
“ODM must play the opposition despite handshake with Jubilee,” Sunday
“Trump has ‘drained the swamp’; now he has blood on his hands,” Sunday
Nation, April 26, 2020.
“An eye for an eye leaves us all blind, but on this China issue…” Sunday Nation,
April 19, 2020.
“Shout a big boo to anyone who takes toxic politics to funerals,” Sunday Nation,
April 12, 2020.
“Dear Itumbi, you must learn to dance with the one who brung ya,” Sunday
Nation, April 5, 2020.
“Kenya’s other viruses: Prayer, pestilence, and hypocrisy,” Sunday Nation,

March 29, 2020.
“Accents aren’t fake; they are a product of one’s environment,” Sunday Nation,
March 22, 2020.
“Voters can’t elect the Sonkos of this world and expect to develop,” Sunday
Nation, March 15, 2020.
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“Moi’s rule: Why forgiveness is empty without justice for victims,” Sunday
“Ruto and his allies are acting like a bunch of punch-drunk elites,” Sunday
“An open letter to DP William Ruto: Practice the laws of power,” Sunday Nation,
February 23, 2020.
“Don’t take any chances with deadly Coronavirus,” Sunday Nation, February 16,
2020.
“Let’s not revise history on Moi; he’s the reason we are still in ashes,” Sunday
Nation, February 9, 2020.
“Now, the University of Nairobi is butt of jokes; who will save us?” Sunday
Nation, February 2, 2020.
“Ruto is free to seek any office, but he must stop the blackmail,” Sunday Nation,
January 26, 2020.
“Somalia wouldn’t be the first or the last to be dismembered,” Sunday Nation,

January 19, 2020.
“How Uhuru treats Raila will make or break Kenya in 2022,” Sunday Nation,
January 12, 2020.
“Archbishop Anthony Muheria, the conscience of the church,” Sunday Nation,

January 5, 2020.
“Makerere has now become the butt of all jokes for Ruto fete,” Sunday Nation,
December 29, 2019.
“Truth behind US anti-corruption crusade and a reluctant Kenya,” Sunday

Nation, December 22, 2019.
“For Chrissake, let Catholics ordain women, priests marry,” Sunday Nation,
December 15, 2019.
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“Why BBI deserves our support despite its imperfect conception,” Sunday
Nation, December 8, 2019.
“Guilty until proven innocent? Sounds right for all politicians,” Sunday Nation,
December 1, 2019.
“Let’s do away, once for all, with disgusting ‘hair pornography’,” Sunday
Nation, November 24, 2019.
“Arise, ye of little faith, and see Baba’s defense of Kibra,” Sunday Nation,
November 17, 2019.
“Eliud Kipchoge says no human is limited. Folks, that’s not true,” Sunday
“Want to know Prof Mbiti’s small struggles? Start with his ID card,” Sunday
“Kenyans at home hate those in diaspora but love their money,” Sunday Nation,
October 27, 2019.
“Why eating junk food should not be celebrated as progress,” Sunday Nation,
October 20, 2019.
“Why 2022 vote will be freest; lessons from twenty years back,” Sunday Nation,
October 13, 2019.
“Of God and African fatalism: let’s interrogate all our beliefs,” Sunday Nation,
October 6, 2019.
“Rise of the ‘Angry White Man’ and the collapse of Western empires,” Sunday
Nation, September 29, 2019.
“Needed: Savior for a church that has long fallen short of the God’s glory,”
Sunday Nation, September 22, 2019.
“Mugabe was a dictator. There should be no debate about it,” Sunday Nation,
September 15, 2019.
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“Cancer is the new AIDs but our state not ready to deal with it,” Sunday Nation,
September 8, 2019.
“With Ruto falling into political hole, Matiang’I is the man to watch,” Sunday
Nation, September 1, 2019.
“Ban insecticides on airplanes, this is a discriminatory practice,” Sunday Nation,

August 25, 2019.
“Anti-graft mood prevailing in Kenya should be clad in iron,” Sunday Nation,

August 18, 2019.
“Vanishing sense of shame is ruining Kenyan society,” Sunday Nation, August

11, 2019.
“Church morality and mystery of Ruto’s colossal tithes,” Sunday Nation, August
4, 2019.
“Enough is enough! Let us now guillotine the corrupt among us,” Sunday
Nation, July 28, 2019.
“Kenyan state is illegitimate but we must not just despair,” Sunday Nation, July
21, 2019.
“To be truly remorseful, Germany should pay for Namibia genocide,” Standard
on Sunday, July 14, 2019.
“On the assassination allegation, Ruto has committed cardinal sin,” Standard on
Sunday, July 7, 2019.
Kenya’s elite must think, dream big to pull us out of this cesspit,” Standard on
Sunday, June 30, 2019.
“Our women’s obsession with wigs a classic case of self-hate,” Standard on

“Suicide now a huge challenge crying out for national debate,” Standard on
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“New US envoy ‘thievery’ tweet timely but he has intolerant past,” Standard on
“Court ruling on gayism is out of step with law, facts, and science,” Standard on
Mueller report is indictment of Trump on contempt for the law,” Standard on

Sunday, May 26, 2019.
“Expel Bashir from Sudan before he turns against revolution,” Standard on

“Police should provide security to Kenyans and not pamper leaders,” Standard
on Sunday, May 12, 2019.
“We must speak up on debt and sovereignty before it’s too late, Standard on
Sunday, May 5, 2019
“Let Raila rethink the Handshake to ensure it does not destroy him,” Standard on
Sunday, April 28, 2019.
“Why Kenyatta can’t contain an emboldened DP in government,” Standard on

“Why Uhuru’s state of the nation speech was a whimper, not a roar,” Standard
on Sunday, April 14, 2019.
“Invocation of the term God does not sanctify religious hypocrisy,” Standard on
“’States of fear’ are run by rulers who flout the law, basic morals,” Standard on
Sunday, March 31, 2019.
“After 2017 polls, Jubilee Party is dying a slow but sure death,” Standard on
“Bravado and attacks on Raila will politically wreck DP Ruto,” Standard on

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“To secure his legacy, Uhuru must clean out the top echelons of State,” Standard
on Sunday, March 10, 2019.
“Why China remains greatest threat to Kenya’s sovereignty,” Standard on

“Love him or hate him, Kagame could be Africa’s Lew Kuan Yew,” Standard on
Sunday, February 24, 2019.
“Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to banana republic,” Standard on
“Arrest and charge officials who sneer at asset declaration laws,” Standard on
“JSC is the real culprit in decline of judiciary,” Standard on Sunday, February 3,

2019.
“The New York Times reporting on Africa, Global South is racist,” Standard on
Sunday, January 27, 2019.
“Legal formalism is the pagan’s sword against war on corruption.” Standard on

“Jubilee is on its deathbed and no one can do anything about it,” Standard on
“Murathe’s message is clear, Ruto isn’t Mt Kenya’s man in 2022,” Standard on

“Why America will impeach Trump, the accidental president,” Standard on

Sunday, December 30, 2018.
“Full military uniform on elected leader sends wrong message,” Standard on

“State shouldn’t tax the people unless funds are for public good,” Standard on
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“With corrupt parastatals and inept officials, we’re doomed,” Standard on
“To end corruption, Uhuru should ban harambees by state officials,” Standard on
“Why do blacks invest so much money and emotion in whiteness,” Standard on

Sunday, November 25, 2018.
“Real power lies with the people in Makueni, not MCAs or speaker,” Standard
on Sunday, November 18, 2018.
“Stop stalking us and give Kenyans a break from your 2022 obsession,” Standard
on Sunday, November 11, 2018.
“No one knowledge is important than the other, history proves it,” Standard on
“Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to a banana republic,” Standard on
Sunday, October 28, 2018.
“Churches are turning a blind eye to impunity for the love of money,” Standard
on Sunday, October 21, 2018.
“Ruto’s key headache is in Jubilee, not the Uhuru-Raila handshake,” Standard on

“Judges are not ‘sovereigns’ of the judiciary, nor are they above the law,”
Standard on Sunday, October 7, 2018.
“We can honor Annan’s legacy by using truce to curb electoral violence,”
Standard on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
“China wants to tether us like goats in debt and turn us into beggars,” Standard
on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
“Hypocrisy of Kamba politicians banishing CS Juma to Murang’a,” Standard on

Sunday, September 16, 2018.
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“Demolitions have pulled down egos of the high and mighty,” Standard on
“Rogue commissioners who put IEBC in turmoil want to finish it,” Standard on
“DP Ruto’s lack of leverage over Uhuru will deepen Jubilee rifts,” Standard on
Sunday, August 26, 2018.
“Uhuru won’t sacrifice the truce, his legacy to put Ruto in power,” Standard on
“Miguna Miguna better off back in Kenya, he will neuter himself,” Standard on
“To avert anarchy in 2022, truce should tame tribal, graft genes,” Standard on
“Most counties are economically unviable and foster ethnicity,” Standard on

“No one with a good conscience can oppose the charcoal ban,” Standard on
“We are over-represented by MPs who do nothing but rob citizens,” Standard on
“The racial political economy of golf, the monumental barriers,” Standard on

“Akombe’s legacy is a building block for democracy, integrity,” Standard on

“British monarchy has blinded many to brutality of the empire,” Standard on

“Suicide wave proves we don’t understand the human mind,” Standard on

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“Unless Uhuru defeats graft cartels, truce will be for naught,” Standard on
“National Assembly Speaker wrong to feign ignorance over abuse of Kenyans in

Saudi,” Standard on Sunday, June 3, 2018.
“Give Sonko a chance at redemption to earn our trust, Standard on Sunday, May
27, 2018.
“A nation can only survive if truth is the core of public talks,” Standard on
“Why Raila has been the gravity of presidential politics for eons,” Standard on
“Ban of Rafiki has earned Kenya International Ridicule,” Standard on Sunday,

May 6, 2013.
“To lead a renaissance, Uhuru and Raila shouldn’t be afraid to fail,” Standard on
“Museveni craves praise as he believes he possesses his is infinite wisdom,”

Standard on Sunday, April 22, 2018.
“Kim will play Trump on nuclear arms, end isolation,” Standard on Sunday,
April 15, 2018.
“I forsook alien name to avoid taking on nonsensical identity,” Standard on

“Kenyans are trapped in ethnic cocoons of political bondage,” Standard on

“Kenya risks collapsing unless we get a grip, restore sanity,” Standard on

“Let Uhuru and Raila dialogue bring transformative change,” Standard on

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“We are stronger in our diversity than in our siloes and cocoons,” Standard on
“NASA could collapse unless it tightens belt for the long haul,” Standard on
“Let’s fully reclaim our African identity, overcome imperialism,” Standard on

Sunday, February 25, 2018
“A person eligible to vote should be eligible to be voted for,” Standard on

“State risks sinking unless we exorcise demons of August 8,” Standard on

“There’s an epidemic of anxiety and despair upon our country,” Standard on

“Woman embroiled in racist ad wrong to trash black outrage,” Standard on

“Why the US despises cowards, only respecting those who fight back,” Standard
on Sunday, January 21, 2018.
“Ruto must know that kings never make their kingmakers heirs,” Standard on
Sunday, January 14, 2018
“We must free ourselves from the divisive “political tribe,” Standard on Sunday,
January 7, 2018.
“Gender identities and sexuality are key to spirituality and culture,” Standard on
“We owe it to our children to stand up and defend the truth,” Standard on
“Githu’s talk of crime of “high treason” is ignorance of the law,” Standard on

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“To restore education system let academic fraudsters fall,” Standard on Sunday,
December 10, 2017.
“Cholera outbreak proof that we are living an economic lie,” Standard on

“Judgement doesn’t confer legitimacy to Uhuru poll win,” Standard on Sunday,

November 26, 2017.
“Supreme Court judges must do whatever it takes to uphold democracy,”

Standard on Sunday, November 19, 2017.
“To stem exclusion, we should end presidential system now,” Standard on

“Uhuru’s repeat poll blunder he may never recover from,” Standard on Sunday,
November 5, 2017.
“We need more patriots like Akombe, new Kenyan heroine,” Standard on
“This never ending political circus is all about inclusion, Standard on Sunday,
October 22, 2017.
“Defections underscore moral, political bankruptcy,” Standard on Sunday,

October 15, 2017.
“To avoid the abyss we need to talk about our collective folly,” Standard on
“We can avoid Armageddon if we follow the constitution,” Standard on Sunday,

October 1, 2017.
“Supreme Court has strongly affirmed its independence,” Standard on Sunday,

September 24, 2017.
“IEBC must be reconstituted, November 1 set as poll date,” Standard on

Saturday, September 23, 2017.
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“Fundamental changes a must for IEBC to run a credible poll,” Standard on
“Just like ICC, Maraga is now UhuRuto’s political fodder,” Standard on Sunday,
September 10, 2017.
“IEBC has lost legitimacy and credibility to conduct election,” Standard on

“To save post-colonial Africa we must address co-existence,” Standard on

“KHRC targeted because it points out State excesses,” Standard on Sunday,

August 20, 2017.
“Elections struck a fatal blow to our loyalty to the state,” Standard on Sunday,
August 13, 2017.
“Poll will be historic and epoch changing if citizens make it so,” Standard on
“Polls needn’t be Armageddon, love and care for they neighbor,” Standard on
“Ndemo wrong to bare fangs at civil society for oversight role,” Standard on
“The Executive is hell-bent on killing judicial independence,” Standard on

“There’s a hard calculation in Kipkorir’s move to back Raila,” Standard on

“Confounding actions tell the story of a compromised IEBC,” Standard on

“Judiciary, Executive are failing the people on women’s rights,” Standard on

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“Kalonzo must ensure a divided Wiper party doesn’t fell NASA, Standard on
“Stop the rants, independents are saviors of our democracy,” Standard on

“Why House of Mumbi should back Raila’s presidential bid,” Standard on

“Anti-democracy wave opening old wounds that may not heal,” Standard on
“Dear Akamba, Kenya’s destiny is in your hands, don’t break it,” Standard on
“Judges and lawyers dinning wigs, robes are out of place,” Standard on Sunday,
May 14, 2017.
“Queries about one’s religion during job interviews illegal,” Standard on Sunday,
May 7, 2017.
“Debate on wealth of Kenya’s oligarchs raises key issues,” Standard on Sunday,

April 30, 2017.
“Citizens in a democracy don’t owe loyalty to the President,” Standard on

“Suppression of our women is unfair and retrogressive,” Standard on Sunday,

April 16, 2017.
“Why council of elders will sink us deep into tribalism,” Standard on Sunday,
April 9, 2017.
“CJ David Maraga must secure the independence of the judiciary,” Standard on
“New leader must now drive Somalia’s rebirth,” Standard on Sunday, March 26,
2017.
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“Kalonzo holds the key to NASA’s leadership quest,” Standard on Sunday,
March 19, 2017.
“How tribalism drives graft and impedes real progress,” Standard on Sunday,
March 12, 2017.
“Self-hate driving wedge between fellow Africans,” Standard on Sunday, March

5, 2017.
“Why Joho’s US tour has left sour taste in Jubilee’s mouth,” Standard on Sunday,
February 26, 2017.
“Doctors’ strike symbol of malaise in leadership,” Standard on Sunday, February

19, 2017.
“Uhuru is toast only if Raila’s key allies play second fiddle,” Standard on
“Kenya must face Trump to avert bullying of its citizens,” Standard on Sunday,
February 5, 2017.
“Just like Narc, NASA will defeat ruling party,” Standard on Sunday, January 29,
2017.
“Doubt it no more, Fazul Mohamed is Jubilee’s hatchet man,” Standard on

“Aden Duale already proved he’s unfit to hold public office,” Standard on
“Something is fishy about Education CS Fred Matiang’i exam reforms,” Standard

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“Why Kalonzo Musyoka is a safe bet, not Cord leaders, Musalia Mudavadi,
Standard on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
“Fidel Castro will forever be a hero to freedom fighters,” Standard on Sunday,

December 25, 2016.
“Mudavadi ticket could send Uhuru’s Jubilee packing,” Standard on Sunday,

December 18, 2016.
“Miguna Miguna’s personal demons come out to haunt him,” Standard on

“Graft will not determine who gets elected in 2017,” Standard on Sunday,
December 4, 2016.
“Uhuru’s remarks on ICC unfortunate and careless,” Standard on Sunday,

November 27, 2016.
“Pulling Kenya’s troops out of South Sudan is reckless,” Standard on Sunday,

November 20, 2016
“Ms. Josephine Kabura, the millionaire who baffles a nation,” Standard on

Sunday, November 13, 2016
“How Trump exploited the disaffection among whites,” Standard on Sunday,

November 13, 2016.
“Kenyans owe loyalty to State and not leaders,” Standard on Sunday, November
6, 2016.
“Jaramogi a hero whether or not others Recognize him,” Standard on Sunday,

October 30, 2016.
“Auditor General Owes Public a Report on National Debt,” Standard on Sunday,

October 23, 2016.
“Why Guterres is Perfect for UN Secretary General Post,” Standard on Sunday,

October 16, 2016.
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“Who is Really Behind Kenya Airways’ Collapse?” Standard on Sunday, October
9, 2016.
“Governorship to be most fiercely contested in poll,” Standard on Sunday,

October 2, 2016.
“GOP erred in allowing Trump set their agenda,” Standard on Sunday,

September 25, 2016.
“New-look JKIA promises a better image for Kenya,” Standard on Sunday,

September 18, 2016.
“Our undoing is leadership with no moral conscience,” Standard on Sunday,

September 11, 2016.
“Mazrui: Icon who never feared speaking his mind,” Standard on Sunday,
September 4, 2016.
“The tragedy that is South Sudan and warring elite,” Standard on Sunday, August
28, 2016.
“Progressive assessments better for Kenya than national exam,” Standard on

“Uchumi bailout ill-advised and shouldn’t be considered,” Standard on Sunday,

August 14, 2016.
“School burnings in Kenya point to a troubled nation facing ruin,” Standard on

“Ideological political parties promote democratic ideals,” Standard on Sunday,

July 31, 2016.
“Is our chaotic schooling system starting to unravel?” Standard on Sunday, July
24, 2016.
“Closing Dadaab refugee camp now is the right call,” Standard on Sunday, July
17, 2016.
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“Wanton killings pose a major threat to the nation,” Standard on Sunday, July 10,
2016.
“Indigenous groups still marginalized in Kenya,” Standard on Sunday, July 3,

2016.
“Alteration of African hair tells a story of self-loathing,” Standard on Sunday, June

26, 2016.
“Reformist Mutunga’s shoes will be quite difficult to fill,” Standard on Sunday,

June 19, 2016.
“Hotels that discriminate over race are a disgrace,” Standard on Sunday, June 12,
2016.
“French Embassy blundered in its handling of debate,” Standard on Sunday, June

5, 2016.
“Kenya on the verge of being last in a region it once ruled,” Standard on Sunday,
May 29, 2016.
“Merger of political parties only serves vested interests,” Standard on Sunday,

May 22, 2016.
“Debt burden leaves nation too dangerously exposed,” Standard on Sunday, May
15, 2016.
“Burning elephant tusks is pointless gimmickry,” Standard on Sunday, May 8,

2016.
“ICC decision shows Uhuru still getting bad legal advice,” Standard on Sunday,
May 1, 2016.
“Confront the epidemic of fake academic credentials,” Standard on Sunday, April

24, 2016.
“Kenyan ICC cases not over, so celebrations premature,” Standard on Sunday,

April 17, 2016.
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“Hassan and his IEBC team must go before next polls,” Standard on Sunday, April
10, 2016.
“Breaking up the country no answer to social disunity,” Standard on Sunday, April

3, 2016.
“Uhuru Kenyatta needs to do more to tackle grand corruption,” Standard on

“Tribal barons have lost much of their influence,” Standard on Sunday, March 20,
2016.
“Let’s bring more diversity to Human Rights Watch,” Standard on Sunday, March
13, 2016.
“Could Uhuru, Raila drop their deputies for 2017?” Standard on Sunday, March 6,
2017.
“Mau deserve greater recognition from the state,” Standard on Sunday, February
28, 2016.
“Supreme Court protected and cannot be disbanded,” Standard on Sunday,
February 21, 2016.
“African Union got it wrong, continent needs ICC,” Standard on Sunday, February
14, 2016.
“Mutunga’s ghost to haunt corrupt judges for decades,” Standard on Sunday,

February 7, 2016.
“El-Adde could prove to be Kenya’s defining moment,” Standard on Sunday,
January 31, 2016.
“Let’s reshape our society and not be tied down by culture,” Standard on Sunday,
January 24, 2016.
“Kenya’s soul is dead, and we’re all guilty of killing it,” Standard on Sunday,
January 17, 2016.
“Uhuru-Raila election battle may polarize nation again,” Standard on Sunday,

January 10, 2016.
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“Corruption claims floor both CORD and Jubilee,” Standard on Sunday, January
3, 2016.
“Our past signals that we may have a bright future,” Standard on Sunday,
December 27, 2015.
“Magufuli embodies his nation’s quality of virtue,” Standard on Sunday,

December 20, 2015.
“Shame: See who’s raising the red flag on funds theft,” Standard on Sunday,
December 13, 2015.
“African Union sending mixed signals on engagement with ICC,” Standard on

“Attorney General has been misused and should resign,” Standard on Sunday,
November 29, 2015.
“Uhuru’s political problems due to his unforced errors,” Standard on Sunday,

November 22, 2015.
“Kenya will pay heavily for mistreating teachers,” Standard on Sunday, November
15, 2015.
“Lowassa’s graft record was his undoing at recent Tanzania poll,” Standard on
“Kenya could join the list of states that have faced Bankruptcy,” Standard on
“Top human rights crusader becomes Jubilee cheerleader,” Standard on Sunday,

October 25, 2015.
“There’s more to Moses Kuria’s controversial utterances on DP Ruto fixing,”

“Uhuru must sack Waiguru to ease pressure on him,” Standard on Sunday,

October 11, 2015.
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“Muthama owes Uhuru and Waiguru an apology,” Standard on Sunday, October
4, 2015.
“Would Ruto’s URP support the bid to impeach Uhuru?” Standard on Sunday,
September 27, 2015.
“Who will contain a Putin keen on expanding Russia,” Standard on Sunday,

September 20, 2015.
“Duale erroneously believes that he speaks for Somalis, Standard on Sunday,

September 13, 2015.
“Does Jubilee back removal of presidential term limits,” Standard on Sunday,

September 6, 2015.
“With ICC ruling on case, Deputy President William Ruto not out of woods,”
Standard on Sunday, August 30, 2015.
“President Uhuru Kenyatta increasingly likely to drop William Ruto come 2017,”
“Obama’s visit served to endorse an undeserving regime,” Standard on Sunday,

August 16, 2015.
“There are warning signs Jubilee team could be sent home in 2017,” Standard on
“Kenya could pick future presidents from top performing governors,” Standard
on Sunday, August 2, 2015.
“Uhuru must rebuke Gatundu South MP for his frequent coarse remarks,”
Standard on Sunday, July 26, 2015.
“Obama speeches and actions while in Kenya must reflect what he stands for,”
“Despite its potential South Africa is going rogue right before our eyes,” Standard
“Pope Francis may be the progressive champion Catholic Church needs,” Standard
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“Media-savvy Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua proves he has no equal among
the 47 governors,” Standard on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
“Uhuru Kenyatta’s criticism of the media should have been targeted at vile gutter
press, Standard on Sunday, June 21, 2015.
“Ngugi deserves Nobel Prize for his acclaimed writing and courage,” Standard on
“Mysterious cancellations of Uhuru’s trips point to administrative lapses,”

Standard on Sunday, June 7, 2015.
“By ignoring top scholars, universities are guilty of unforgivable omissions,”

Standard on Sunday, May 31, 2015.
“Truth be told, one-third gender rule is a clear insult to women,” Standard on

“Raila in Dilemma over how to handle CORD’s 2017 presidential nomination,”

“Jubilee must distance itself from claims of links with drug barons,” Standard on
“Ruto’s anti-gayism stand is hypocritical,” Nairobian, May 8, 2015.
“Rift Valley should be wary of Ruto’s attempts to control region’s destiny,”

“Formation of JAP shortsighted and could hurt Uhuru’s administration,” Standard

“Could DP Ruto be losing his political influence in his Rift Valley backyard?”
Standard on Sunday, April 19, 2015.
“President Uhuru Kenyatta’s corruption war is a landmine, will he stay the

course,” Standard on Sunday, April 12, 2015.
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“Majority Leader Aden Duale misrepresented Jubilee’s position on handling Al-
Shabaab,” Standard on Sunday, April 5, 2015.
“Kenya must break the shackles from former colonial rulers, forge own path,”
Standard on Sunday, March 29, 2015.
“Visionary leadership needed to tackle graft and guide nation to prosperity,”

“Circumstances surrounding Yebei killing deserve further interrogation,”

“Africa is on the rise, but Ebola menace exposes our selective pan-Africanism,”
“Citizens have a right to resist tyranny and hold their leaders to account,” Standard
“Rebranded AU has failed to live up to its promise of a hopeful continent,”

Standard on Sunday, February 22, 2015.
“Muchai’s killing signals Kenya’s gradual descent into anarchy,” Standard on

“Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter amplifies the perception that public officials know
no shame,” Standard on Sunday, February 8, 2015.
“Five myths about Bensouda’s pre-trial brief that must be debunked,” Standard on
“We must unite and defeat efforts to turn Kenya into a republic of fear,” Standard
“The Chinese Scramble for Africa bad for a fast developing continent,” Standard
“We are balkanizing the country through our utterances and actions,” Standard on
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“It’s unfortunate that abuse of social media extends to state authorities,” Standard
“Bill punishes NGOs despite their contribution to reforms and growth,” Standard
on Sunday, December 28, 2014.
“Anti-terror law a colossal mistake and will erode the gains made on reforms,”
Standard on Sunday, December 21, 2014.
“Why I won’t refer to Uhuru Kenyatta as the President,” Nairobian, December 15,
2014.
“Can Governor Mutua turn tables on Kalonzo in Ukambani,” Standard on Sunday,

December 14, 2014.
“What withdrawal of charges means for Uhuruto future,” Standard on Sunday,

December 7, 2014.
“This is why Kidero must seek to be President as Kenyan, not a Luo,” Standard on
“It’s utterly primitive to strip women naked for alleged indecent dressing,”
“We’re incubating a culture of violence by disregarding legal infractions,”

“Kenyans less conservative than previously thought, survey shows,” Standard on

“Raila at the center of Kenya’s politics and must run for president in 2017,”
“Mazrui, the celebrity intellectual who epitomized the best of Africa, Standard on
“Rush to get Ebola cure is because it has struck the heart of America,” Standard on
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“Kibwana will bounce back and easily vanquish Makueni’s discredited MCAs,”
“Squabbles normal in a democratic culture, so get used to it,” Standard on Sunday,

October 5, 2014.
“Uhuru must ignore these hangers-on and appear before judges at The Hague”
“Muturi must make sure that Parliament provides oversight over Executive,”
“Make no mistake, Uhuru case at ICC is not political football,” Standard on

“Why push to amend Constitution isn’t just another political theater,” Standard on
“State appointments in fractured society must be delicately handled,” Standard on

“Opiata’s contribution to entrenching reforms has left Kenya a better place,”

“Lupita fits into white America’s stereotypes of black actresses,” Standard on

“Can ethnic democracy in Kenya succeed where Bill of Rights failed?” Standard
“Jeff Koinange provides a powerful narrative as a scribe in his memoirs,” Standard

“Raila is wrong, Kenyan troops must remain in Somalia and bring order,”
“It’s do-or-die for Raila Odinga as he moves towards the historic 2017 elections,”
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“Can Raila Odinga and William Ruto work together to isolate Uhuru in the 2017
elections?” Standard on Sunday, July 13, 2014.
“Uhuru should fire security chiefs for negligence and incompetence now,”
“Take off those comical hats, look presidential, and get the job done,” Standard on
“Foreign nations duty-bound to inform their citizens of threats,” Standard on

“Jubilee has given Raila all the ammunition to take on Uhuru,” Standard on
“Duale: Forget sycophancy and help MPs exercise their oversight role, Standard
on Sunday, June 8, 2014.
“Why URP and TNA are not and can’t be equal partners in Jubilee,” Standard on
“Why corruption and not terror is the country’s worst enemy,” Standard on
“Anglo-Leasing ghost has returned to haunt Jubilee administration, Standard on

“We must seize this moment and save Kenya before it is too late,” Standard on
“Did Kalonzo Musyoka’s remark betray xenophobia or simple truth?” Standard

on Sunday, May 4, 2014.
“Has the West swallowed whole a clever strategy on the ICC matter?” Standard
“Don’t overlook the law and turn Kenya into a gangster state,” Standard on
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“We shouldn’t wage poorly planned war on terror by isolating others,” Standard
“An Open Letter to Rachel Shebesh: Keep Your Eyes Fixed on the Prize,” Standard
“Forget Al-Shabaab – Mungiki are the forerunners of Kenya’s lawlessness,”

“We must change the Constitution right now, but let’s use a scalpel,” Standard on
“Why Speechwriter Eric Ng’eno is Jubilee Coalition’s Miguma Miguna,” Standard

“Kenya should take cue from Ukraine and rise from its slumber,” Standard on
“Let’s shun vitriol against gays and vote with the Pope on their rights,” Standard
“Power grab by Senate will destroy its public standing, wreck devolution,”
“Ahmednasir has fallen victim to his self-destructive, excessive obsessions,”

“A requiem Joel Barkan, a truly American-Kenyan with rare wit,” Standard on

“Kenya must lead in gifting ultimate solution to Somalia,” Standard on Sunday,

February 2, 2014.
“Come clean Mr. Mutua, on whose behalf are you carrying water? Standard on
“Hear me Raila Odinga, Never say die, Keep your eye on the ball,” Standard on
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“Kitui should be wary of plot to give coal concession to Chinese,” Standard on
“Why Kenyans want you to keep your hands off their tribal chief,” Standard on
“Come let’s reason together about the unending mystery of prophets,” Standard
“Race hunting claim against the ICC smacks of a twisted narrative,” Standard on
“If indeed civil society is evil, then I am a proud member of that ‘evil society,’”
“Religious bigots must hear this; God is neither Christian nor Muslim,” Standard
“The Hague trials facing Uhuru, Ruto must not drive Kenya’s foreign policy,”
“Sitting allowances are legalized looting of the public purse,” Standard on Sunday,
November 24, 2013.
“Why Matsanga is a liability to Uhuru and Ruto at the ICC, Standard on Sunday,
November 17, 2013.
“The ground has shifted on gay rights, and the Church needs Pope Francis,”
“Kenya tests international justice: Is the International Criminal Court racist?” New
York Times, November 6, 2013.
“Hear me out Mr. Chief Justice, lead the judiciary from the front,” Standard on
“Should Kenya dump the West and head East over the ongoing ICC cases?”
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“Why the tribe may be Kenya’s undoing in achieving nationhood,” Standard on
“The 47 Counties can’t, and won’t, be turned into mini-banana republics,”

“Uhuru must put his house in order, root out the rot in security organs,” Standard
on Sunday, October 6, 2013.
“Kudos KDF, Fight fire with fire and wipe out Al Shabaab, Standard on Sunday,
September 29, 2013.
“Raila’s attempt at comeback won’t be a walk in the park,” Standard on Sunday,

September 22, 2013.
“We must not lie to ourselves about the ongoing trials at The Hague,” Standard on
“Will Hague trials divide Uhuru and Ruto?” Sunday Nation, September 8, 2013.
“Do we have too many commissions in place,” Sunday Nation, September 1, 2013.
“Looking East won’t end Uhuru’s troubles,” Sunday Nation, August 25, 2013,
“Why I fear Egypt could fall to Al Qaeda,” Sunday Nation, August 18, 2013.
“Five reasons why we are a mediocre country,” Sunday Nation, August 11, 2013.
“Why the two Rutos are on a collision course,” Sunday Nation, August 4, 2013.
“How Jubilee leaders are playing into Raila’s hands,” Sunday Nation, July 28, 2013.
“Why ICC cases cannot be tried in Kenya,” Sunday Nation, July 21, 2013.
“Egyptian military must surrender power to the people,” Sunday Nation, July 14,
2013.
“What do Kenyans owe former Premier Raila?” Sunday Nation, July 7, 2013.
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“Why Kethi is the chosen one for Makueni Senate seat,” Sunday Nation, June 30,
2013.
“Why Obama has skipped Kenya in his Africa tour, Sunday Nation, June 23, 2013.
“Why the Jubilee leadership is afraid of Raila,” Sunday Nation, June 16, 2013.
“Why Kenya’s Cabinet Secretaries are Figureheads,” Sunday Nation, June 9, 2013.
“Pause and search your conscience, Mr. Attorney General,” Sunday Nation, June
2, 2013.
“Why Kenyans are more divided today than ever before,” Sunday Nation, May 26,
2013.
“Open letter to Raila: Don’t accept ‘errand boy’ job,” Sunday Nation, May 19, 2013.
“UN won’t end Kenya’s ICC cases, and this is why,” Sunday Nation, May 12, 2013.
“Do everything to establish Mutula’s cause of death,” Sunday Nation, May 5, 2013.
“For siding with greedy MPs, Atwoli should go,” Sunday Nation, April 28, 2013.
“Will civil society survive Uhuru’s presidency?” Sunday Nation, April 21, 2013.
“Is there too much Ruto at President Kenyatta’s side?” Sunday Nation, April 14,
2013.
“Why the Kenyattas topped the Odingas – Again,” Sunday Nation, April 7, 2013.
“Why former President Moi is political genius,” Sunday Nation, March 31, 2013.
“What’s Odinga’s case against Uhuru Kenyatta?” Sunday Nation, March 17, 2013.
“Why the tribe is still king in Kenya’s power politics,” Sunday Nation, March 10,
2013.
“CJ stands between Kenyans and tyranny or chaos,” Sunday Nation, March 3,
2013.
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“Why a Runoff May decide Uhuru-Raila Contest,” Sunday Nation, February 24,
2013.
“Four reasons why Kenya can’t be ruled from The Hague, Sunday Nation,
February 17, 2013.
“Why Kiyiapi’s shot at the presidency has been overlooked,” Sunday Nation,
February 10, 2013.
“Why Ruto may have to struggle to win the Kalenjin vote,” Sunday Nation,
February 3, 2013.
“The ICC was not imposed on Africa,” New Vision (Uganda), January 27, 2013.
“Perhaps we should postpone the March General Election,” Sunday Nation,

January 27, 2013.
“Ndemo’s remarks amount to suppression of free speech,” Sunday Nation,

January 20, 2013.
“History will judge Kibaki as Kenya’s best president,” Sunday Nation, January 13,
2013.
“Why loser of election may not concede,” Sunday Nation, January 6, 2013.
“Think hard before casting ballots in March, Sunday Nation, December 30, 2012.
“Gay and Lesbian Kenyans are a social reality,” Sunday Nation, December 23,
2012.
“Why the new election agreements are doomed,” Sunday Nation, December 16,
2012.
“Power Deals: An Open letter to Raila and Uhuru,” Sunday Nation, December 9,
2012.
“Why the Uhuru-Ruto alliance is a ticket to nowhere,” Sunday Nation, December

2, 2012.
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“Uhuru getting ahead of himself in State House race,” Sunday Nation, November
25, 2012.
“Why the road to victory for the Mau is clear,” Sunday Nation, November 18, 2012.
“The Kibaki Legacy,” Sunday Nation, November 18, 2012.
“How about Muite or Mutula for Raila’s running mate, Sunday Nation, November
11, 2012.
“Dark forces derailing Kenya’s nation-building project, Sunday Nation, November

4, 2012.
“Why are Kenyans so easily manipulated by tribal elites?” Sunday Nation,

October 28, 2012.
“Why Raila can’t embrace Ruto for presidential ticket,” Sunday Nation, October
21, 2012.
“Why Law Society is fighting the Chief Justice,” Sunday Nation, October 14, 2012.
“Uhuru has come of age; ignore at own peril,” Sunday Nation, October 7, 2012.
“Why next year’s election must not be another thankless ritual,” Daily Nation,
October 3, 2012.
“What are Mudavadi’s chances in the race for State House?” Sunday Nation,
September 30, 2012.
“Why Ngilu’s presidential bid is not for real,” Sunday Nation, September 23, 2012.
“Mudavadi should state clearly who his backers are,” Sunday Nation, September
16, 2012.
“Why President Kibaki won’t say ‘Uhuru Tosha’,” Sunday Nation, September 9,
2012.
“Physical attacks on Miguna are barbaric,” Sunday Nation, September 2, 2012.
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“What’s the plot against Chief Justice Mutunga?” Sunday Nation, August 26, 2012.
“Looks like Tony Gachoka has an axe to grind,” Sunday Nation, August 19, 2012.
“Who is against a free and fair General Election?” Sunday Nation, August 12, 2012.
“Why I believe that Nancy Baraza should resign,” Sunday Nation, August 5, 2012.
“Don’t write cheap books to settle political scores,” Sunday Nation, July 29, 2012.
“Why PM should not bother responding to attack,” Sunday Nation, July 22, 2012.
“Raila should be wary of merchants of impunity,” Sunday Nation, July 15, 2012.
“Africans must be vigilant over deals with China,” Sunday Nation, July 8, 2012.
“I support Muthaura’s plea for trial this year,” Sunday Nation, July 1, 2012.
“Why homosexuality is fear of one’s own sexuality,” Sunday Nation, June 24, 2012.
“Raila must shun Ruto or pay the political price,” Sunday Nation, June 17, 2012.
“Why Uhuru and Ruto must heed Githongo’s call,” Sunday Nation, June 10, 2012.
“Who’s behind terror attacks against innocent Kenyans?” Sunday Nation, June 3,
2012.
“Will merchants of impunity let Mutunga do his job?” Sunday Nation, May 27,
2012.
“Why risk national catastrophe for the Ocampo Four?” Sunday Nation, May 20,
2012.
“Rights body has finally stood up for gays and lesbians,” Sunday Nation, May 13,
2012.
“Why the Meru and Embu have never been GEMA,” Sunday Nation, May 6, 2012.
“What Raila should consider in choosing running mate,” Sunday Nation, April 29,
2012.
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“Mudavadi’s exit would be a blessing to Orange Party,” Sunday Nation, April 22,
2012.
“Try another one Midiwo; no one would dare kill Raila,” Sunday Nation, April 15,
2012.
“Why the President has sunk the Ocampo Four,” Sunday Nation, April 8, 2012.
“Gema Leaders don’t mean well for Kenyatta,” Sunday Nation, April 1, 2012.
“Why our ‘national’ eulogies are hypocritical,” Sunday Nation, March 25, 2012.
“How they tampered with Ocampo witness,” Sunday Nation, March 18, 2012.
“Did Key Ocampo Witness recant his Testimony?” Sunday Nation, March 11, 2012.
“These three are the enemies of our republic,” Sunday Nation, March 4, 2012.
“We must conquer the four Kenyan demons,” Sunday Nation, February 26, 2012.
“Could Mudavadi be ex-president Moi’s Project?” Sunday Nation, February 19,

2012.
“The reason I prefer Kilonzo to Kalonzo…” Sunday Nation, February 12, 2012.
“Is AG suspended between the new and old order?” Sunday Nation, February 5,
2012.
“Let’s face it, Uhuru and Muthaura didn’t resign,” Sunday Nation, January 29,
2012.
“A Kalonzo-Sally-Kosgei ticket could be lethal,” Sunday Nation, January 22, 2012.
“Kivuitu’s tragic failure and the guilt of a nation,” Sunday Nation, January 15,
2012.
“High Court Ruling on the next election date was grossly wrong,” Sunday Nation,
January 15, 2012.
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“Ruto’s Undoing is that he’s a rebel without a Cause,” Sunday Nation, January 8,
2012.
“Will the Moi Orphans Capture State House?” Sunday Nation, January 1, 2012.
“My crystal ball tells me to stay the course,” Sunday Nation, December 25, 2011.
“The three possible scenarios from ICC judges,” Sunday Nation, December 18,
2011.
“Wetangula is behaving as if he is Bashir’s lawyer,” Sunday Nation, December 11,

2011.
“Peter Kenneth is Raila’s best bet for Running Mate,” Sunday Nation, December 4,
2011.
“Could Al-Shabaab War Postpone Elections?” Sunday Nation, November 27, 2011.
“ICC not meant for “small fish” like Joshua Sang,” Sunday Nation, November 20,
2011.
“Raila’s apparent defense of Tuju not good enough,” Sunday Nation, November
13, 2011.
“How Kalonzo could beat Raila in a presidential vote,” Sunday Nation, October 5,
2011.
“Suspects should not write Ocampo’s obituary yet,” Sunday Nation, October 30,
2011.
“Why General Election May not be in August 2012,” Sunday Nation, October 23,
2011.
“Why Raila should not dance with Moi,” Sunday Nation, October 16, 2011.
“Revelations from Mutunga’s first 100 Days,” Sunday Nation, October 9, 2011.
“An Open Letter to the ICC Chief Prosecutor,” Sunday Nation, October 2, 2011.
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“I am convinced that Uhuru is his own worst enemy,” Sunday Nation, September
24, 2011.
“New Constitution is our ticket out of self-ignorance,” Sunday Nation, September

18, 2011.
“Could Raila look “east” for his running mate?” Sunday Nation, September 11,
2011.
“Why Kibaki won’t say ‘Uhuru Tosha,’” Sunday Nation, September 4, 2011.
“Why hunger is political rather than climatic problem,” Sunday Nation, August
28, 2011.
“Why Miguna’s sacking was long coming,” Sunday Nation, August 21, 2011.
“Governor will be the next big job after President,” Sunday Nation, August 14,
2011.
“Why Eldoret North MP should not dine with reformers,” Sunday Nation, August
7, 2011.
“Why no one should dismiss Muite as a Lion in winter,” Sunday Nation, July 31,
2011.
“Mutula is diluting the Gains on Rights,” Nairobi Star, July 26, 2011.
“Why Betty Murungi should be the next Attorney General,” Sunday Nation, July
24, 2011.
“Why Marende has suddenly Lost his Solomonic Wisdom,” Sunday Nation, July
17, 2011.
“ICC should reject Muthaura’s lawyers, and this is why?” Sunday Nation, July 10,
2011.
“Look MPs, it’s a new day, and you are longer Demi-gods,” Sunday Nation, July
3, 2011.
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“No, Ekaterina, don’t try the Ocampo Six in Kenya,” Sunday Nation, June 26, 2011.
“Why a fallout between Ruto and Uhuru is inevitable,” Sunday Nation, June 19,
2011.
“Why President Obama has become a “villain” in America,” Sunday Nation, June
12, 2011.
“Why the Group of Seven is a Tribal Alliance in all but name,” Sunday Nation,
June 5, 2011.
“Ida Odinga: A True Heroine of the Second Liberation,” Sunday Nation, May 29,
2011.
“Who’s Afraid of Willy Mutunga at the helm of the Judiciary?” Sunday Nation,
May 22, 2011.
“Why Kenya Military Must Crush Al-Shabaab,” Sunday Nation, May 15, 2011.
“Five Reasons Martha Karua Could Win the Presidency,” Sunday Nation, May 8,
2011.
“Ambassador Rannenberger, this is why I salute you,” Sunday Nation, May 1,

2011.
“Why Court May Order the Arrest of Ocampo Two,” Sunday Nation, April 24,
2011.
“Four Reasons why Uhuru is no Jomo Kenyatta,” Sunday Nation, April 17, 2011.
“My Flight to Amsterdam with the Ocampo Three,” Sunday Nation, April 10, 2011.
“Why ODM could be headed to the Dustbin of History,” Sunday Nation, April 3,
2011.
“Why Martha Karua Looks Attractive for 2012,” Sunday Nation, March 27, 2011.
“Between Kibaki and Kalonzo, Who’s playing Whom?” Sunday Nation, March 20,
2011.
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“Why Hague Trial Deferrals Won’t Work,” Sunday Nation, March 13, 2011.
“Mutula ‘sees the Light on the way to Damascus,’” Sunday Nation, March 6, 2011.
“High Stakes Game as Date with ICC Draws Nears,” Sunday Nation, February 27,
2011.
“Kenyans should see through Leaders’ Hypocrisy,” Sunday Nation, February 20,
2011.
“Kalenjin Nation Should Shun “Siege Mentality,” Sunday Nation, February 13,
2011.
“Kibaki Nominees are Fruits of a Poisoned Tree,” Sunday Nation, February 6, 2011.
“Africa and the Ivory Coast: a Time for Decision,” Norwegian Peace Building
Centre (NOREF), February 2011, available at
http://www.peacebuilding.no/eng/Publications/Articles/Africa-and-
theIvoryCoast-a-time-for-decision.
“Kibaki’s Rally in Eldoret was Smart Politics,” Sunday Nation, January 30, 2011.
“Political Class Testing Kenyans’ Patience,” Sunday Nation, January 23, 2011.
“Why Ocampo could derail Raila’s Plans,” Sunday Nation, January 16, 2011.
“Why the Ocampo Six Must Vacate Office,” Sunday Nation, January 9, 2011.
“Bid to Pull Kenya out of ICC an act in Futility,” Sunday Nation, January 2, 2011.
“Ocampo Six: Let the Law Take its Course,” Sunday Nation, December 19, 2010.
“Why Kenya’s New Constitution Protects Gays,” Sunday Nation, December 12,
2010.
“Closing the Impunity Gap,” Broker, December 7, 2010, available at

http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/Magazine/authors/Mutua-Makau.
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“Can Ngilu Survive the Storm over Corruption?” Sunday Nation, December 5,
2010.
Abdikadir could do an Obama in Kenya,” Sunday Nation, November 28, 2010.
“Naikuni has what it takes to be Kenya’s next CEO,” Sunday Nation, November
21, 2010.
“Ruto’s Lawyers misdavised him on visit,” Sunday Nation, November 14, 2010.
“Why Mutava Musyimi is a man to watch,” Sunday Nation, November 7, 2010.
“Arise Githongo and Run for President in 2012,” Sunday Nation, October 31, 2010.
“Does Martha Karua Stand a Chance in 2012?” Sunday Nation, October 24, 2010.
“What if Ocampo were to indict Uhuru?” Sunday Nation, October 17, 2010.
“Let us attack Homophobia, not Gays,” Sunday Nation, October 10, 2010.
“Why Raila Must Crack the Whip in ODM,” Sunday Nation, October 3, 2010.
“Whose Mouthpiece is Mutula Kilonzo?” Sunday Nation, September 26, 2010.
“If only Kiplagat could reflect on his Legacy,” Sunday Nation, September 19, 2010.
“Why Ruto will be a Major Player in 2012,” Sunday Nation, September 12, 2010.
“Why the Tribe could Kill the Constitution,” Sunday Nation, September 5, 2010.
“The new Constitution will fail if we do not radically Reconstruct our Identities,”
Sunday Nation, September 5, 2010.
“An Open Letter to the ‘Second Republic,’” Sunday Nation, August 29, 2010.
“Uhuru Visit to Raila a First act in a Tricky Play,” Sunday Nation, August 22, 2010.
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“Calls to amend the Constitution are absurd,” Sunday Nation, August 15, 2010.
“Five Reasons Why the ‘Greens’ won and the ‘Reds” lost the Referendum,” Daily
Nation, August 12, 2010.
“Turning the Corner in Kenya: A New Constitution in Nairobi,” [with Joel D.

Barkan] Foreign Affairs, August 10, 2010.
“Who Won, Who Lost, After the Poll,” Sunday Nation, August 8, 2010.
“My Closing Argument for Draft Constitution,” Sunday Nation, August 1, 2010.
“Kibaki well aware that his future is now,” Sunday Nation, July 25, 2010.
“Why Kenya should ban Tribal Organizations,” Sunday Nation, July 18, 2010.
“An Open Letter to the Kamba Nation,” Sunday Nation, July 11, 2010.
“Uhuru’s Dilemma over the Gema Mantle,” Sunday Nation, July 4, 2010.
“Koigi Should Return to the Right Side of History,” Sunday Nation, June 27, 2010.
“Four Theories on who bombed the ‘No’ Rally,” Sunday Nation, June 20, 2010.
“An Open Letter to the Kalenjin Nation,” Sunday Nation, June 13, 2010.
“Is it possible that Raila is being set up for failure?” Sunday Nation, June 6, 2010.
“Courts must not be allowed to Derail the Referendum,” Sunday Nation, May 30,
2010.
“Kalonzo Squarely to blame for his Tribulations,” Sunday Nation, May 23, 2010.
“Why Kibaki Cannot be said to be a Lame Duck,” Sunday Nation, May 16, 2010.
“Why the No Campaign could Destroy the Church,” Sunday Nation, May 9, 2010.
“Why Kibaki is Likely to say “Raila Tosha” in 2012,” Sunday Nation, May 2, 2010.
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“Why a Kalonzo Presidency May Never Come to Pass,” Sunday Nation, April 25,
2010.
“Ruto has taken a Path to Political Oblivion,” Sunday Nation, April 18, 2010.
“Neither Kibaki nor Raila are Above ICC,” Sunday Nation, April 11, 2010.
“Will Raila Become Kenya’s Next President?” Sunday Nation, April 4, 2010.
“The Constitution does not Belong to MPs,” Sunday Nation, March 28, 2010.
“There’s only one Draft Constitution, the one by CoE,” Sunday Nation, March 21,
2010.
“Why PDM is Political Gimmickry, “Sunday Nation, March 14, 2010.
“An Open Letter to ODM’s Miguna,” Sunday Nation, March 7, 2010.
“Mess at the Truth Team Goes Beyond Kiplagat,” Sunday Nation, February 28,
2010.
“Why 2012 will be a Pivotal Year for Kenya,” Sunday Nation, February 21, 2010.
“The Case for Disbanding and Reconstituting the TJRC,” Sunday Nation, February
14, 2010.
“Rebirth of the Kenyan Nation in Naivasha,” Sunday Nation, February 7, 2010.
“How to Salvage your Legacy, Mr. President,” Sunday Nation, January 31, 2010.
“Kibaki and Raila Hold the Key to a Constitution,” Sunday Nation, January 24,
2010.
“Obama’s Haiti Response in Contrast to Bush’s Katrina,” Sunday Nation, January

17, 2010.
“Devolution must be Democratic, Not Tribal,” Sunday Nation, January 10, 2010.
“2010 Must be Pivotal for Key Reforms,” Sunday Nation, January 3, 2010.
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“Why Reforms Have Failed in Kenya,” Daily Nation, December 29, 2009.
“High Drama Marked Kenya’s National Life,” Sunday Nation, December 27, 2009.
“Angry Ruto’s Political Career Doomed to Failure,” Sunday Nation, December 20,
2009.
“Raila Now Seems to Embrace National Interests,” Sunday Nation, December 13,
2009.
“The Executive in Draft Law is a Stroke of Genius,” Sunday Nation, December 6,

2009.
“Nothing Should Derail this Sound and Solid Draft,” Sunday Nation, November
29, 2009.
“Reason – Don’t Shout – About Draft Constitution,” Sunday Nation, November

22, 2009.
“Tribe can’t be a Foundation for the Modern State,” Sunday Nation, November 15,
2009.
“Why Homosexuality is not a Threat to the Family,” Sunday Nation, November 8,

2009.
“It is Nonsense to Assert that Being Gay is Un-African,” Sunday Nation,

November 1, 2009.
“Why Kenyan Constitution Must Protect Gays,” Sunday Nation, October 25, 2009.
“Nobel Prize Both a Blessing and Curse for Obama,” Sunday Nation, October 18,
2009.
“KACC Boss Should Have a Record of Fighting Graft,” Sunday Nation, October
11, 2009.
“An Open Letter to Ambassador Rannenberger,” Sunday Nation, October 4, 2009.
“Annan will not Abandon Kenya,” Sunday Nation, September 27, 2009.
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“ICC’s Indictment of Bashir a Lesson for Kenya,” Sunday Nation, September 20,
2009.
“Kibaki Move on Ringera an Act of Impunity,” Sunday Nation, September 13,

2009.
“Terrible Obsession with European Soccer,” Sunday Nation, September 6, 2009.
“The Epidemic of Gender-based Violence,” Sunday Nation, August 30, 2009.
“Why Humans Deeply Care about the Matter of Race,” Sunday Nation, August
23, 2009.
“Interpreting Obama and Clintonspeak,” Sunday Nation, August 16, 2009.
“An Open Letter to Vice Chair Betty Murungi, Sunday Nation, August 9, 2009.
“Nothing could be more Insulting to Kenyans,” Sunday Nation, August 2, 2009.
“Trials are Separate from Truth Commission,” Sunday Nation, July 26, 2009.
“Lessons for Kenya from Liberia’s TRC,” Sunday Nation, July 19, 2009.
“An Open Letter to Waki Envelope Suspects,” Sunday Nation, July 12, 2009.
“Ruto Should Face his Accusers at Home,” Sunday Nation, July 5, 2009.
“The Hague is the only Viable Option,” Sunday Nation, July 5, 2009.
“Dear Uhuru, to Whom Much is Given, Much is Expected,” Sunday Nation, June
28, 2009.
“And now, a Note for Vice-President Kalonzo, Sunday Nation, June 21, 2009.
“An Open Letter to President Kibaki,” Sunday Nation, June 14, 2009.
“Genuine Reforms are a Painful Necessity,” Sunday Nation, June 7, 2009.
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“Beware the Perils of Modern Technology,” Sunday Nation, May 31, 2009.
“Never too early to Start Saving for College, Sunday Nation, May 24, 2009.
“Wise Investors Temper Greed with Prudence,” Sunday Nation, May 17, 2009.
“Locals should take Charge of International NGOs,” Sunday Nation, May 10, 2009.
“Why we should Celebrate Okoth-Ogendo’s Life,” Sunday Nation, May 3, 2009.
“Rhetoric as a Tool to Craft the Obama Doctrine,” Sunday Nation, April 26, 2009.
“Zuma’s Flaws Work Against him being President,” Sunday Nation, April 19,
2009.
“Karua walked out due to her Principle and Vision, Sunday Nation, April 12,
2009.
“Gicheru Should Quit to Create Space for Reforms,” Sunday Nation, April 5,
2009.
“Muite’s Best Days Could Still be Ahead of Him,” Sunday Nation, March 29,
2009.
“Electoral Body Must Have Impeccable Chair,” Sunday Nation, March 22, 2009.
“Extra-judicial Killings Must be Brought to an End,” Sunday Nation, March 15,

2009.
“Wanted: Concrete Action to End Impunity,” Sunday Nation, March 8, 2009.
“When Cornered, Vultures Cry Wolf,” Sunday Nation, March 1, 2009.
“Case for Scrapping of Terminal National Exams,” Sunday Nation, February 22,
2009.
“Constitution: Last Chance for Kenya to Get it Right,” Sunday Nation, February
15, 2009.
“Only ICC Will Save Kenya,” Sunday Nation, February 15, 2009.
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“Will Big Three take Proverbial Road to Damascus?” Sunday Nation, February 8,
2009.
“The ICC’s Sword of Damocles hangs over Kenya,” Sunday Nation, February 1.
2009.
“What Does Kenya’s Political Class Excel at?” Sunday Nation, January 25, 2009.
“Historic Moment as Obama Takes Helm,” Sunday Nation, January 18, 2009.
“Apology for a Colonial Brute,” [Review of Stanley: the Impossible Life of

Africa’s Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal, 2008] Sunday Nation [Lifestyle – Books &
Culture], January 11, 2008.
“Israel May be Motivated by Domestic Politics,” Sunday Nation, January 11, 2008.
“Unsurprisingly, China is Flexing its Muscles Abroad,” Sunday Nation, January 4,

2009.
“2008 was the Turning Point in Kenya’s History,” Sunday Nation, December 28,
2008.
“Send the Waki List to the Hague Now,” Sunday Nation, December 21, 2008.
“Action Plan for Waki Tribunal could be a Red Herring,” Sunday Nation,
December 14, 2008.
“Kibaki and Raila should Reject this Draconian Law,” Sunday Nation, December
14, 2008.
“Kenya had Better Learn from the Thai Experience,” Sunday Nation, December 7,
2008.
“The Kenyan Tribunal Cannot be a Farce,” Sunday Nation, November 30, 2008.
“Why Experts Should Draft the Constitution,” Sunday Nation, November 23, 2008.
“The Waki Report will Terminate Careers,” Sunday Nation, November 16, 2008.
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“How and Why Obama Made it to the Oval Office,” Sunday Nation, November
9, 2008.
“Why Obama Will Clinch This Election,” Sunday Nation, November 2, 2008.
“Obama Offers US Chance to Redeem Itself,” [editorial], Sunday Nation,
November 2, 2008.
“Tuesday is the Ultimate Day of Black History,” Sunday Nation, November 2,

2008.
“Here’s a Chance for Kenya to Remake itself,” Sunday Nation, October 26, 2008.
“Is Lands Minister Orengo on to Something?” Sunday Nation, October 19, 2008.
“Do Not Tribalise Number Two Slot in ODM,” Sunday Nation, October 12, 2008.
“Can Raila’s Orange Party Survive as One?” Sunday Nation, October 5, 2008.
“The End of Wall Street as we Knew it,” Sunday Nation, September 28, 2008.
“Why Obama Stands a Better Chance of Winning,” Sunday Nation, September 21,
2008.
“Failure of Coalition Would Spell Doom for Kenya,” Sunday Nation, September
14, 2008.
“Why Corruption is the Root Cause of Poverty,” Sunday Nation, September 7,

2008.
“Why Do Blacks have a Complex of Inferiority?” Sunday Nation, August 31, 2008.
“Is the Waki Team a Mini Truth Commission,” Sunday Nation, August 24, 2008.
“So, is Kalonzo the Chosen one this time Round?” Sunday Nation, August 17, 2008.
“Martha, Inheriting Kibaki’s Mantle is Small Potatoes,” Sunday Nation, August 10,
2008.
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“Leaders should not Short-Circuit Democracy,” Sunday Nation, August 3, 2008.
“It is the ‘Tribe’ that has Stunted Kenya’s Growth,” Sunday Nation, July 27, 2008.
“Why ICC Prosecutor Went for President Bashir,” Sunday Nation, July 20, 2008.
“In Kenya, Impunity Springs Eternal,” Sunday Nation, July 13, 2008.
“AU Must Force Mugabe out of Power,” Sunday Nation, July 6, 2008.
“Why Africa Must Force Mugabe Out,” Sunday Nation, June 29, 2008.
“Only a New Constitution Will Save Kenya,” Sunday Nation, June 22, 2008.
“Bush Properly Slapped by Court,” Sunday Nation, June 15, 2008.

“Kibaki Did Well to Reject Amnesty for Killers,” Sunday Nation, June 8, 2008.
“Why Silence if Africa is Important to Candidate?” Daily Nation, June 5, 2008.
“Does Clinton Wish Obama Ill?” Sunday Nation, June 1, 2008.
“The State Should Not Reward Killers,” Sunday Nation, May 25, 2008.
“Grand Opposition Will be Welcome,” Sunday Nation, May 18, 2008.
“Lessons from Kenya: Failures in Lasting Democratic Reform Led to this Year’s
Devastating Violence,” 54 Chronicle of Higher Education (Issue 36, May 16, 2008)
B18.
“Obama Assured of Election Victory,” Sunday Nation, May 11, 2008.
“Only Law Reforms can Save the Coalition,” Sunday Nation, May 4, 2008.
“Why Kenya’s Big Five Must Roam Together,” Sunday Nation, April 27, 2008.
“Will the ICC Have to Come after the Killers?” Sunday Nation, April 20, 2008.
“Is Kenya about to become a Failed State?” Sunday Nation, April 13, 2008.
“Is Kenya Headed back to 1964?” Sunday Nation, April 6, 2008.

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“Poll: Obama Likely to Beat the Republican Candidate,” Sunday Nation, March 30,
2008.
“Understanding the Peace Ceremony,” Sunday Nation, March 23, 2008.

“Why Kenya is so important to the West?” Sunday Nation, March 16, 2008.
“Has Kenya Lost its Signature Brand?” Sunday Nation, March 9, 2008.
“Coalition Must Forge National Identity,” Sunday Nation, March 2, 2008.
“Power Should Not be a Zero-Sum Game,” Sunday Nation, February 24, 2008.
“How to Conduct Free and Fair Polls,” Daily Nation, February 20, 2008.
“How Power-Sharing Should Work,” Sunday Nation, February 10, 2008.
“What Justice and Truth Team Should Do,” Daily Nation, February 8, 2008.
“Options for a Political Settlement,” Sunday Nation, February 3, 2008.
“Kenya at the Brink of Collapse,” Boston Globe, January 30, 2008
“Confronting Sordid History Only Way,” Sunday Nation, January 27, 2008.
“Wanjiku’s Role in Bringing about Reform,” Sunday Nation, January 20, 2008.
“We Must Build One Nation or be Doomed,” Sunday Nation, January 13, 2008.
“Agenda for the Next Government,” Sunday Nation, December 23, 2007.
“We want Graceful Winners and Losers,” Sunday Nation, December 16, 2007.
“Democracy or Theater of the Absurd,” Sunday Nation, December 9, 2007.
“Opinion Polls and Democratic Practice,” Sunday Nation, December 2, 2007.
“Wanted: An Enlightened Political Class,” Sunday Nation, November 25, 2007.
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“Changing Kitui Central’s Dim Fortunes,” Sunday Nation, November 11, 2007.
“Politics Must be More Than Organized Hatred,” Sunday Nation, November 4,

2007.
“Why Majimbo Would Spell Doom for Kenya,” Sunday Nation, October 28, 2007.
“Kalonzo’s ‘Strategic’ Election Options,” Sunday Nation, October 7, 2007.
“Cleansing the Country of Past Evils,” Sunday Nation, September 30, 2007.
“Ethnicity is the Bane of Kenyan Politics,” Sunday Nation, September 23, 2007
“We Need a World in which Might isn’t Right,” Sunday Nation, September 16,
2007. See also “Might is not Right,” Sunday Nation September 23, 2007.
“Raila and Kalonzo had no Opponents, Just Political Escorts” [“ODM: the Real
Losers”], Sunday Nation, September 2, 2007.
“Kalonzo a Reformer? Give me a Break!” Sunday Nation, August 19, 2007.
“What Became of the Great Reformists?” Sunday Nation, August 5, 2007.
“How to Build the Kenyan Nation,” Sunday Nation, July 15, 2007.
“Raila is his Own Worst Enemy,” Sunday Nation, July 8, 2007
“Why our Legislators Must Kill the Media (control) Bill Now,” Daily Nation, July
5, 2007.
“Why Kenya Must be Wary of China,” Sunday Nation, July 1, 2007.
“Why Moi Ruled Kenya for so Long,” Sunday Nation, June 24, 2007.
“We Must Address Social Causes of Crime,” Sunday Nation, June 17, 2007
“US Sanctions on Sudan Out African Nations to Shame,” Sunday Nation, June 3,
2007.
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“End of an Era as World Bank Chief Forced Out,” Sunday Nation, May 20, 2007.
“Media Bill Smacks of Authoritarianism,” [editorial] Sunday Nation, May 20, 2007.
“Raila Odinga: Nelson Mandela or Idi Amin?” Sunday Nation, May 6, 2007.
“Why Our Country Lacks a Vision,” Sunday Nation, April 29, 2007.
“Used and Dumped: That’s Civil Society,” Sunday Nation, April 15, 2007
“Why Hempstone Cannot be My Hero,” Sunday Nation, March 25, 2007.
“Ndegwa: the Memoir of a Founding Father,” Sunday Nation, February 25, 2007.
“Flaws in Amnesty’s Reform Programme,” Sunday Nation, February 11, 2007.
“We Gave State all Evidence required,” Sunday Nation, January 21, 2007.
“Kibaki Must Rethink Appointments,” Sunday Nation, January 14, 2007.
“Justice Belongs to the Victors,” Sunday Nation, December 31, 2006.
“Is Kalonzo Fit to Rule Kenya?” Sunday Nation, December 17, 2006
“Anatomy of the Slaying of the Wretched of Darfur,” Sunday Nation, December 3,

2006
“Return of Kiraitu and Saitoti a Blow to the Rule of Law,” Sunday Nation,
November 19, 2006.
“World Bank Too Cozy with Anti-Reform Element,” Sunday Nation, October 29,
2006.
“These Leaders Can’t Bring Change,” Daily Nation, October 27, 2006.
“New American Law Legalizes Torture of Terror Suspects,” Sunday Nation,

October 1, 2006.
“Why Minimum Reforms Don’t Make Sense,” Daily Nation, September 21, 2006.
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“He Warned us it would be Unsafe to Return,” Daily Nation, September 20, 2006;
see also “Githongo Versus Ringera: What Transpired,” Kenya Times, September
20, 2006.
“In Pursuing Rights Reformer, State Shows True Colors,” Sunday Nation,
September 17, 2006.
“Yesterday’s Villains are Today’s Heroes,” Daily Nation, September 13, 2006.
“America’s Conduct on the War on Terror Has Gone Awry,” Sunday Nation,
September 10, 2006.
“Obama’s Power Can Help Reshape Policy Towards Africa,” Sunday Nation,
August 27, 2006.
“Seek Ye First the Economic Kingdom…” Sunday Nation, August 20, 2006.
“Court Erred by Giving Blanket Immunity,” Sunday Nation, August 6, 2006.
“WTO Rules are Mere Neocolonial Schemes,” Sunday Nation, July 30, 2006.
“The Age-old Folly of Neglecting Northern Kenya,” Sunday Nation, July 16, 2006.
“Identity Crisis Weighs Down Political Class,” Sunday Nation, July 2, 2006.
“Time to Lift the Lid on Abortion Debate,” Sunday Nation, June 25, 2006.
“The Law Must Protect Democracy,” Sunday Nation, June 4, 2006.
“Ending Poverty of Ideas in Politics,” Sunday Nation, May 28, 2006
“A New Dawn in Liberia,” Crisis [NAACP publication], 19-21 (May/June 2006).
“Rejecting the Urge to Isolate Hamas,” Boston Globe, March 27, 2006. [See also
“Isolating Hamas will be Outright Myopic,” Daily Nation, April 7, 2006].
“Politics, Graft and What the Law Says,” Sunday Nation, January 22, 2006.
“ODM is not the Answer,” Sunday Standard, December 18, 2005.
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“Cabinet is one of the Greatest Blunders in Kenya’s History, Sunday Standard,
December 11, 2005.
“Don’t Marginalize the United Nations,” New York Times, A34 (December 7,
2005).
“How to Keep Africa from Backsliding,” Christian Science Monitor, November
29, 2005. [See also “African Countries Rapidly Descending into Anarchy,” East
African Standard, December 1, 2002].
“What President Must do to Save Kenya,” Daily Nation, November 25, 2005.
“The Orange Alliance is Fraught with Landmines,” Sunday Standard, November

20, 2005.
“Liberia: A Society at a Crossroads,” International Herald Tribune, November 17,

2005 [See also “Liberia at a Crossroads,” Boston Globe, November 17, 2005].
“How NAK Bigwigs Failed the Probity Test,” Daily Nation, November 9, 2005.
“Henry Steiner ’55: Pioneer, Scholar and Mentor,” Harvard Law Bulletin 11 (Fall
2005).
“To Save this Country, Don’t Vote,” Daily Nation, September 30, 2005.
“Dilemma Will Leave Country More Split,” Sunday Standard, August 28, 2005.
“Treat Contentious Issues Differently,” Daily Nation, August 25, 2005.
“No, Big Brother,” East African Standard, April 10, 2005.
“Kibaki Cannot Afford to Ignore this Impasse,” East African Standard, February
12, 2005.
“The Fighters of Mau Mau Hold Key to our Sense of Self,” East African Standard,
December 14, 2004.
“Close Call” [on the 2004 American election], East African Standard, October 31,
2004.
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“Bush, Kerry and the Future of Democracy,” East African Standard, October 31,
2004.
“Apartheid Legacy Still Haunts South Africa,” East African Standard, September
25, 2004.
“What’s the Truth about Religion and Violence,” East African Standard, September
18, 2004.
“NARC has rejected the Path of Reforms, East African Standard, September 4,
2004.
“Terrorism as a Tool for State Repression,” Sunday Standard, August 29, 2004.
“African Union and Nepad Should Rein in Tyrants,” Sunday Standard, August 22,
2004.
“The Problem with the Term ‘Terror,’” Sunday Standard, August 15, 2004.
“End of Reforms in Kenya,” Boston Globe, August 14, 2004 [also in Daily Nation,
August 18 (2004).
“Racism at Root of Sudan’s Darfur’s Crisis,” Christian Science Monitor, July 14,
2004 [reprinted in major newspapers around the world, including National Post
(Canada), July 28, 2004].
“With Cabinet Reshuffle, NARC Has Rejected Reform Agenda,” Daily Nation, July
7, 2004.
“Simple-minded President was no Friend of Africa,” Sunday Standard, Nairobi,

Kenya, June 20, 2004.
Columnist, Sunday Nation, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2003-February 2004.
“Kenyans Must Reject Anti-Terrorism Bill,” Daily Nation (July 2, 2003).
“Kenya Needs a Truth Commission,” Daily Nation (April 15, 2003).
“Kenyans Break Free from a Corrupt Past,” Boston Globe, A13 (January 4, 2003).
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“Struggling to End Africa’s World War,” New York Times, A23 (August 2, 2002).
See also “This Treaty Won’t End the Congo War,” International Herald Tribune,
(August 3, 2002).
“A Blueprint for Rebuilding Africa,” Boston Globe, A19 (June 27, 2002).
“New Union Must Learn From Past to Help Africa,” Boston Globe, A15 (March 2,
2002).
“Zimbabwe’s Lessons for South Africa,” Christian Science Monitor, 11 (August 27,
2001).
“A Separate Nation for Black African Sudan,” Boston Globe, A17 (July 14, 2001).
“A Noble Cause Wrapped in Arrogance,” Boston Globe, D8 (April 29, 2001).
“Give Powell a Break, He May Be Best for Africa,” Daily Nation, 6 (February 17,
2001).
“The Tutsi and Hutu Need a Partition,” New York Times, A27 (August 30, 2000).
“A Scandal That Could Topple Kenya’s Shaky Democracy,” Boston Globe, A15
(June 17, 2000).
“Victims Suing Victims,” New York Times, A21 (August 12, 1999); reprinted in
Haaretz (Israel, Hebrew) (August 15, 1999); “Embassy Bombing Victims’ Threats
to Sue U.S. Could be Justified,” 8A Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota),
(August 16, 1999).
“Africans Have Learned the Hard Way That Ethnic Rivalries can’t be Erased,”
Boston Globe, A23 (April 21, 1999); see also “Ethnic Rivalries Are Difficult to
Eliminate,” Daily Nation (Kenya), 6 (May 3, 1999).
“Blame to Share in Africa,” New York Times, A27 (March 11, 1999); see also Stop
“Backing African Dictators,” International Herald Tribune, 8 (March 12, 1999);
“Uganda Deaths Prompt a New Horror; Crackdown Can Only Beget More
Violence,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 21A (March 12, 1999).
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“African Human Rights Organizations: Questions of Context and Legitimacy,”
Africa Legal Aid Quarterly 9 (July-September 1997).
"Can Nigeria Be One?" Wilson Quarterly, 91 (Summer 1996) [review of Wole

Soyinka, The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian
Crisis, 1996].
"Men's Role in Women's Freedom," Boston Globe, (July 5, 1995).
"Kenya Clamps Down on Opposition to Moi," Africa Report, 54 (May-June, 1995).
"Africa's Failing States," Boston Globe, 11 (May 27, 1995).
"Ignoring the Lessons of History: Ethnocracy and Human Rights Violations in

Ethiopia," Ethiopian Review, 23 (December 1994).
"The Anointed Leadership," Africa Report, 30 (November-December, 1994).
"Guatemala's Plight," Boston Globe, 15 (November 26, 1994).
"Redrawing the Map along African Lines," Boston Globe, 17 (September 22, 1994);
See also "It is Time to Redraw the Map of Africa," Harvard Law Record, 7
(September 30, 1994).
"Decline of the Despot," Africa Report, 48 (July-August, 1994).
"The End of an Absurdity," Africa Report, 32 (July-August, 1994).
"Forgive, But Don't Forget," Boston Globe, 15 (July 12, 1994).
"Young Turks v. Old Guard," Africa Report, 34 (May-June, 1994).
"U.N. Must Make Rwanda a Priority," Oakland Tribune, A-13 (May 25, 1994).
"South African Election is a Big First Step," (with Margaret Burnham), Oakland
Tribune, A-19 (May 8, 1994).
"An Oppressed Opposition," Africa Report, 50 (November-December, 1993).
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"The New Oligarchy," Africa Report, 27 (September-October, 1993).
"The Regionalization Controversy," Africa Report, 30 (September-October, 1993).
"Democracy's Bid Fades in Ethiopia," Christian Science Monitor, 19 (August 18,

1993).
"The Human Rights Discourse in Africa," Terra Viva (Vienna), 4 (June 16, 1993).
"Ticking Time Bomb," Africa Report, 20 (July-August, 1993).
"Permanent Anarchy," Africa Report, 53 (May-June, 1993).
"Missed Opportunities: A Post Mortem of the Kenyan Elections," The African

Mirror (April 1993).
"Our Man in Africa: Makau wa Mutua Replies," Washington Post, (Book World,
Letters), (February 7, 1993).
"Stung by Opposition Gains, Kenya Regime Returns to Politics of Intimidation,"

Christian Science Monitor, 19 (January 26, 1993).
"Reagan's Man in Africa," Washington Post, (January 10, 1993) [review of Chester
Crocker, High Noon in Southern Africa: Making Peace in a Rough Neighborhood
(1992)].
"African Human Rights System Toothless,” Express (Tanzania), (November 12-18,

1992).
"The Changing of the Guard," Africa Report, 56 (November-December, 1992).
"Open Letter to the Attorney-General," 7 Daily Nation (Kenya), (October 28, 1992).
"Roadblock to Democracy in Kenya," Boston Globe, Op-Ed, 13 (October 26, 1992).
"Democracy Movements Sweep the Continent," Utne Reader, 89 (November-

December, 1992).
"Democracy in Africa: No Easy Walk to Freedom," 2 Reconstruction 39 (1992).
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"One-Dimensional Pessimism: A "blackamerican" Rejection of Africa," 2
Reconstruction 55 (1992).
"The Troubled Transition," Africa Report, 34 (September-October, 1992.
"The Last Chapter," Africa Report, 54 (September-October, 1992).
"The Politics of Doom," Africa Report, 13 (May-June, 1992).
"Can Kenya be saved from its Government?" Christian Science Monitor, Op-Ed, 19
(May 15, 1992).
"Political Opportunism and the Transition to Pluralism in Moi's Kenya," (with

Gibson Kamau Kuria), Weekly Topic (Uganda), 10 (April 24, 1992). See also
Nairobi Law Monthly (Kenya), 43 (April/May, 1992).
"The Democratic Renaissance in Africa," Nuclear Times, 16 (Spring, 1992)
"A Break with the Past?" Africa Report, 21 (January-February, 1992)
"Crisis in Leadership: Lack of an Economic Agenda," Nairobi Law Monthly, 30

(January 1992).
"Decline of the Despot?" Africa Report, 13 (November-December, 1991).
"A Call for a National Dialogue," Nairobi Law Monthly (Kenya), 25 (September,
1991).
"African Renaissance," New York Times, Op-Ed, 19 (May 11, 1991).
"Zaire Doesn't Deserve That Aid," Washington Post, Op-Ed, 23 (September 18,
1990).
“Trade Liberalization in Africa: Creation of the Preferential Trade Area,”

International Lawyers’ Newsletter, 14 (March/April 1988).
“Namibia: United States Foreign Policy and the Quest for National Independence,”
Trans Africa Forum Issue Brief, June/July 1986.
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SELECTED INVITED LECTURES, SPEECHES, PRESENTATIONS
The Martin Luther King Jr Annual Lecture, “The Promise – and Failure – of
Human Rights.” Donia Human Rights Center, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, January 31, 2022.
Keynote, “Rethinking Representation on the International Bench,” Graduate

Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, November 19, 2021.
Guest Speaker, “Reparations for Slavery,” in International Law and Global Justice
[class by Prof Kathryn Sikkink] at Harvard JFK School of Government, March 3,
2021.
Keynote, “Kenya as an Idea,” Launch of Kenya Diaspora Alliance-USA, Zoom

meeting, October 10, 2020.
Guest Speaker, Human Rights in the Global South [seminar by Profs Caroline
Elkins & Jacqueline Bhabha], Harvard College, September 24, 2020.
Panelist, “Construction of Gender and Racism as Complex Colonial

Repercussion,” 115 Years Later: Reflecting on the Genocide Against Ovaherero
and Nama Peoples, Academy of Arts [Berlin], Goethe Institut, European Center
for Constitutional and Human Rights [ECCHR], Ovaherero Genocide Foundation
(OGF), Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), and Nama Genocide
Technical Committee (NGTC), Swakopmund, Namibia, March 29, 2019.
Speaker, “Genocide, Reparations, and Transitional Justice,” 115 Years Later:

Reflecting on the Genocide Against Ovaherero and Nama Peoples, Academy of
Arts [Berlin], Goethe Institut, European Center for Constitutional and Human
Rights [ECCHR], Ovaherero Genocide Foundation (OGF), Nama Traditional
Leaders Association (NTLA), and Nama Genocide Technical Committee (NGTC),
Swakopmund, Namibia, March 28, 2019.
Speaker, “Africa, Colonialism, and International Law,” Symposium on Colonial

Repercussions: Reflections on the Genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama Peoples
115 Years Later (Academy of Arts [Berlin], Goethe Institut, European Center for
Constitutional and Human Rights [ECCHR], Winhoek, Namibia, March 25, 2019.
Keynote, “Reparations in the Age of Skepticism: A Moral and Legal Case,”

Symposium on Colonial Repercussions: Reflections on the Genocide of the
Ovaherero and Nama Peoples 115 Years Later (Academy of Arts [Berlin], Goethe
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Institut, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights [ECCHR],
Winhoek, Namibia, March 25, 2019.
Speaker, “An Evaluation of the 20th Anniversary of the ICC: Cooperation,

Complementarity, and Universality in the Afro-Asian Region,” Seminar on
Operational Functioning of the ICC and International Judicial Education,
Organized by the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization, hosted at the
Delhi Judicial Academy, January 12, 2019, Delhi, India.
Chair, “Defending and Prosecuting Before the ICC: the Experiences,” Seminar on
Speaker, “The ICC: Judicial Practice Versus National Perspectives,” Seminar on

Panelist, “Decolonizing and Deconstructing Law: the ICC’s Crisis of Legitimacy,”

Law and Culture at the International Criminal Court, Utrecht University,
December 4, 2018, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Keynote Address, “Africa and the ICC: A moral and Legal Conundrum,” Twenty
Years Since the Rome Statute, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, September 21, 2018.
Lecture, “A Normative Critique of Human Rights,” Berkeley Law School

[Human Rights Colloquium], March 5, 2018.
Public Lecture, “Is the Era of Human Rights Over?” University of Pretoria
[Centre for Human Rights], February 12, 2018.
Keynote Address, “The Crisis in Human Rights: Why TWAIL Still Matters,”
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights/Academie Kunste,
Conference on Legal Interventions Against (Post) Colonial Injustices, Berlin,
Germany, January 26, 2018.
Panelist, “How does the Human Rights Movement Make a Difference in the
World,” HLS 200: HLS in the World, Harvard law School, October 27, 2017.
Keynote, The African State as Leviathan: Can Kenya become a Nation,” Kenya
Scholars and Studies Association (KESSA), Atlanta, Georgia, September 8, 2017.
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Panelist, “The 2017 Kenyan Elections: Some Reflections,” Kenya Scholars and
Studies Association (KESSA), Atlanta, Georgia, September 9, 2017.
Lecture, Decolonizing the University Curriculum, University of Pretoria, May 12,

2018, Pretoria, South Africa.
Panelist, Typologies of African Scholarship on International law, African

Approaches to International Law, University of Pretoria, Centre for Human
Rights, May 3, 2017.
Lecturer, Transformation, Decolonization, and the Law, University of Cape Town

Seminar Series, South Africa, March 29-31, 2017.
“Transitional Justice: Pitfalls and Opportunities,” University of North Carolina-

Chapel Hill, Department of African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies,
March 8, 2017.
Moderator, Q & A with former Attorney General Eric Holder, UB Distinguished

Speaker Series, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, February 16, 2017.
Lecturer, Masterclass on Hegemony, Law, and Politics: Strategic Challenges for

Mobilizers, International Institute for Social Studies (Erasmus University), The
Hague, The Netherlands, January 13, 2017.
Respondent, Critical Reflections on 2nd Generation Rule of Law Reform: Experts

Meeting, organized by INFAR (Integrating Normative and Functional
Approaches to the Rule of Law and Human Rights) [a project of Erasmus School
of Law, International Institute for Social Studies, Erasmus School of Culture,
History, and Communication] and the International Development Law
Organization, The Hague, The Netherlands, January 12, 2017.
Panel Chair, Empowering People to Access to Justice, IDLO Assembly of Parties

Forum, November 29, 2016, Rome [Ministry of Foreign Affairs], Italy.
Panel Chair, Archiving the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063: The Rule of Law as a
Driver of Africa’s Sustainable Development, IDLO Africa Conference, Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, June 2, 2016.
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“Human Rights Standards: A Global South Critique of Human Rights Law,”
Human Rights Standards: Hegemony, Law, and Politics (SUNY Press, 2016) [book
launch], The World Bank, Washington D.C., April 26, 2016
“Africa and the International Criminal Court: Some Troubling Questions,” Rhodes
College, Memphis, Tennessee, April 7, 2016.
“Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Justice and Security,” Fragility Forum 2016, The
World Bank, March 2, 2016, Washington DC.
“Commemorating the Mau Mau,” Memorial to the Victims of Torture and Ill-
treatment during the Colonial Era (1952-1960), Inauguration Ceremony,
September 12, 2015, Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park, Nairobi, Kenya.
“Is IDLO a human rights organization?” International Development Law

Organization, Rome, Italy, September 7, 2015.
“The Right to a Fair Trial,” The Southern African Chief Justices’ Forum,
International Commission of Jurists/Zimbabwe Judicial Service Commission,
August 28, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
“Moving towards a new Africa – What needs to be done?” African Leadership

Forum [Uongozi Institute], Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 30, 2015.
“The ICC and Africa: Future Prospects,” 2015 International Week Visit, Rhodes
University, Grahamstown, South Africa, May 21, 2015.
“The International Criminal Court: Promise and Politics,” Panel on The National
Impact of International Criminal Law, American Society of International Law,
2015 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, April 10, 2015.
“Is the Era of Human Rights Over?” Keynote Address, 40 th Annual Conference,
New York African Studies Association, Union College, Schenectady, New York,
April 3, 2015.
“Human rights – global or Western?” Foreign Policy on Human Rights for the
21st Century, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, The Czech Republic, December
18, 2014.
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“Is the Age of Human Rights Over?” Danish Institute for Human Rights/
University of Copenhagen, September 29, 2014.
“International Criminal Justice: African Critiques and the Logic of Alternatives,”

Conference on International Justice, Reconciliation and Peace in Africa: ICC and
Beyond, CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal, July 10, 2014.
Keynote Speaker, “The Akamba in Post-Colonial Kenya: Paradoxes of

Postmodernism,” Akamba Cultural Festival, Woburn, Massachusetts, June 14,
2014.
Keynote Lecture, “Africans and the ICC: Hypocrisy, Impunity, and Perversion,” at
The Hague Conference on Africans and The Hague Justice, The Hague
University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 22, 2014.
Moderator, “Gendering Justice: Women and the Law,” Constructing the Global
Agenda: the Rule of Law as a Driver of Change, International Law Development
Organization (IDLO), April 2, 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands.
“Will the International Criminal Court Survive Kenya?” The International

Human Rights Law Clinic and the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social
Justice, Berkeley Law School, California, January 27, 2014.
“The Future of Human Rights: Is the ICC ‘Hunting’ Africans?” Stanford Human
Rights Center, Stanford Law School, November 19, 2013.
Seminar, “The History of Human Rights and the North-South Divide,” University
of Coimbra, Portugal, may 17, 2013.
“Interrogating Transitional Justice: Promise and Complexity,” UNDP Conference

on Transitional Justice, Pristina, Kosovo, October 10, 2013.
“The Past and the Future of African International Legal Scholarship,” The 107th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington D.C.
April 5, 2013.
Commentator, Technical Forum on the Implementation of the Bill of Rights in the

Public Service, Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution,
Naivasha, Kenya, February 11-14, 2013.
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Presenter, “ICC indictments in the midst of political crisis – lessons from Kenya,”
Amsterdam Dialogue 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 27, 2012.
Keynote Address, “Elections and the Rule of Law in Africa: Going Beyond the
Rhetoric,” The International Commission of Jurists, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe,
September 20, 2012.
“Is the International Criminal Court against Africans?” Center for Human Rights,
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, July 11, 2012.
Panelist, “Exploring Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives,” The Rule of Law:

Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World, IDLO/The Hague Institute
for Global Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 24, 2012.
Keynote Address – “Africa and International Law: Looking Back, Looking

Forward,” Albany Law School, April 14, 2012.
Panelist, Plenary Session – “Africa International Law: Looking Back, Looking

Forward,” Albany Law School, April 13, 2012.
Moderator, “Developments in UN and Regional Bodies Addressing the Human

Rights of LGBTI People,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of
International Law, Washington D.C., March 29, 2012.
“Kenya and the International Criminal Court: Blessing or Curse?” University of

North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of African and Afro-American Studies,
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, March 20, 2012.
“Responsibility to Protect as an African Paradox: the Cases of Somalia and

Kenya,” Conference on the Architecture of Post-Cold War Africa: Between
Internal Reform and External Intervention, Makerere University, Kampala,
Uganda, January 19, 2012.
“ASIL Roundtable on Scholarship,” ASIL Tillar House, Washington D.C., January

6, 2012.
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“The ICC and Its Impact on Kenya,” Conference on Kenya: Towards another
Brink?” US Department of State/National Intelligence Council, System Planning
Corporation, Arlington, VA., December 1, 2011.
“Sexuality and Intolerance in East Africa,” RFK Center for Justice and Human
Rights, Washington D.C., November 9, 2011.
Panelist, “Successes in Academia,” Kenya Diaspora Successes in

America/Positioning Self-Help to Kenya – What it Takes, Kenya Diaspora
Conference, Washington D.C., October 9, 2011.
Panelist, Moderator, “Constitutional Reforms and Avenues for Diaspora,” Kenya

Diaspora Conference, Washington D.C., October 8, 2011.
“Reconstructing Citizenship,” Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), Beijing,

China, September 22, 2011.
Speaker, “Dialogic Constitutionalism – Constructing the Citizenship,”

Conference on Challenging Citizenship, University of Coimbra, Portugal, June
2011.
Discussant, “Constructing Citizenry,” Conference on Challenging Citizenship,

University of Coimbra, Portugal, June 2011.
Speaker, “Decriminalizing Homosexuality in Kenya: Beyond the Rights

Language,” The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK), Masai Lodge,
Nairobi, Kenya, April 3, 2011.
Panelist, “The Obama Administration Africa Policy,” Association of American

Law Schools, 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January 5, 2011.
Panel Chair, “Improving Access to Economic and Social Rights in Africa,” The
Kuramo Conference 2010 [organized by the Governor of Lagos State],
International Colloquium on Law and Development, Lagos, Nigeria, November 3,
2010
Moderator, “Corruption and Human Rights,” 2010 Annual Meeting of the

American Society of International Law, March 26, 2010.
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Keynote, “Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: Interrogating Homophobia,”
Public Lecture, Organized by the Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional
Law and Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, February 19, 2010.
Keynote, “Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: Putting Homophobia on Trial,”

Public Lecture, Organized by Akiba Uhaki, Nairobi, Kenya, February 16, 2010.
Speaker, “Human Rights and Sexual Orientation,” Forum organized by Akiba

Uhaki for civil society, Nairobi, Kenya, February 16, 2010.
Panelist, Plenary Session, “Bringing the World In,” 2009 International Council
Meeting of Amnesty International, Antalya, Turkey, August 9, 2009.
Panelist, Plenary Session, “International Strategic Plan (ISP) Overview,” 2009

International Council Meeting of Amnesty International, Antalya, Turkey,
August 10, 2009.
“Righting Kenya’s Course: The Urgent Tasks Ahead,” Conference on Kenya on

the Brink: Democratic Renewal or Deepening Conflict, The National Endowment
for Democracy, Washington D. C., July 22, 2009.
“Can a ‘Kenya’ Happen in Uganda?,” Book Launch for Kenya’s Quest for
Democracy: Taming Leviathan (2008) and Human Rights NGOs in East Africa:
Political and Normative Tensions (2008), Senate House, Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda, Organized by Human Rights & Peace Centre (HURIPEC) and
Fountain Publishers, May 8, 2009.
“Historical Injustices: An Agenda for Reform in Kenya,” Government of Kenya

[Office of the Prime Minister], Conference on The Kenya We Want: Building a
Sustainable Nationhood for our Common Future, Nairobi, Kenya, February 5,
2009.
“Diversity in the Legal Profession,” Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity

(CORED), Hodgson Russ, Buffalo, New York, September 26, 2008.
“Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights: The Kenyan and American

Experiences,” Conference on Constitutional Democracy in Africa in the 21st
Century: Challenges, Best Practices, and Opportunities, Nairobi, Kenya, August
22, 2008
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“Unpacking Transitional Justice: A Review,” Conference on Restorative Systems
of Justice and International Humanitarian Law, Organized by the Afrika Centre
(Mbale, Uganda), in Nairobi, Kenya, August 18, 2008.
“Interrogating Transitional Justice: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence,”

[Keynote Address] Conference on Ending Impunity on Sexual and Gender
Based Violence, Organized by Agency for Cooperation Research and
Development (ACORD), Nairobi, Kenya, July 21, 2008.
“Just Back from the Human Rights Council,” 102nd Annual Meeting of the
American Society of International Law, Washington D.C., April 11, 2008.
“Politics and the 2007 Kenya Elections,” International Human Rights Day, Kenya
Human Rights Human Rights Commission, Nairobi, Kenya, December 10, 2007.
“Reforming the African State: the Kenyan Case,” Mount Holyoke College,
November 2, 2007.
“Can the African State be reformed?” Hampshire College, November 1, 2007.
Bashorun M. K. O. Abiola Lecturer, “Human Rights in Africa: the Limited Promise

of Liberalism,” African Studies Association, 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting,
New York, New York, October 20, 2007.
Keynote Address: “Black Diaspora: Connecting with Africa,” Distinguished

Citizens Award Benefit, Sadoo Enterprises, Inc., Depew, New York, October 6,
2007.
“The KHRC and the Future of Human Rights in Kenya,” Opening Address, Kenya
Human Rights Commission Board of Directors and Staff Retreat, Arusha,
Tanzania, July 25, 2007.
“Internal Security, Human Rights, and the Election Year,” Kenya Community
Abroad (KCA) 10th Anniversary Annual General Meeting, University of Delaware,
July 7, 2007.
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“Collectives and Communities: the Rights Discourse and Transitional Justice in
Africa,” Institute for Human Rights, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, June 29,
2007.
Presenter, “Conceptualizing Class: Concepts and Intersections,” ClassCrits II:

Toward a Critical Legal Analysis of Economic Inequality, May 21-22, 2007, SUNY
Buffalo Law School.
Keynote Address: “The Failure of Liberalism in International Law,” TWAIL III:

The Third World and International Law, Albany Law School, Albany, New York,
April 20, 2007.
“Constitution-Making and the Reform of the Kenyan State,” [Africa Politics

Conference Panel], 48th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association,
Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2007.
“Human Rights: A Moral Expression of Democracy,” International Law

Workshop, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. December 7, 2006.
Keynote Address: “Beyond Juba: Does Uganda Need a National Truth and
Reconciliation Process?,” Conference on Beyond Juba: Building Consensus on a
Sustainable Peace Process for Uganda, Faculty of Law & HURIPEC, Makerere
University, Kampala, Uganda, December 1, 2006 [read on my behalf by Nobert
Mao].
“Human Rights and Regulation: A Second Look,” Law & Society Association,
Summer Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, July
20, 2006.
Faculty Member, Law & Society Association, Summer Institute, University of

Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 17-21, 2006.
“Human Rights and Political Democracy: Tensions and Illusions,” NEH Summer
Institute, Human Rights in Conflict: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Hunter College
& The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, July 10, 2006.
“The Spread of the Liberal Constitution in Africa: The Illusion of Political

Participation,” University of Michigan Law School, Winter 2006 International Law
Workshop, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 6, 2006.
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“Legalizing Torture: a Comment,” 12th Annual Baldy Center Faculty Retreat,
University at Buffalo, Saturn Club, December 14, 2005.
“Producing a New Constitution: Popular Participation, Negotiation, and

Constitution-Making in Kenya,” Conference on Constitution-Making in Africa
Post1989, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, October 16,
2005.
“Kenya: Politics, Viability, and Legitimacy,” The Bureau of Intelligence

Research/US Department of State, Conference on Assessing the Strengths and
Weaknesses of East African States: Implications for US Foreign Policy, System
Planning Corporation, Arlington, VA., September 9, 2005.
“Thinking Ahead: Can Amnesty International Rise to the Challenge of the 21 st

Century?” 27th International Council Meeting of Amnesty International, Morelos,
Mexico, August 14, 2005.
“Launch of the Mau Mau Fund,” Kenya Human Rights Commission, July 8, 2005
[Stanley Hotel] Nairobi, Kenya.
“The West and Africa: A History of Oppression,” Africa Day, Lincoln Memorial
United Methodist Church, Buffalo, New York, June 19, 2005.
“The Freedom Charter: Critical Reflections” [response to keynote address by Chief

Justice Langa, Constitutional Court of South Africa], Symposium Commemorating
the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Harvard Law School [hosted by
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, and Northeastern Law
School, and South Africa Partners], June 16, 2005.
“Human Rights: A Critique,” United Nations University for Peace, San Jose, Costa
Rica, February 25, 2005.
“Teaching Human Rights in Buffalo Schools,” Erie County Bar Association Human
Rights Committee, Buffalo, N.Y., December 16, 2004.
“Human Rights as Ideology and Metaphor,” Amnesty International, London, UK.

November 23, 2004.
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Lead Presenter, “Analysis and Evaluation of Law School Human Rights
Programs,” Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Human Rights Program, Harvard
Law School, Cambridge, MA. October 17, 2004.
Keynote Address: “Human Rights NGOs in East Africa: Defining the Challenges,”
Mazingira Institute and Human Rights Center (SUNY-Buffalo Law School),
Conference on Human Rights in East Africa: Emergent Themes, Challenges, and
Tensions, Nairobi, Kenya, October 9-10, 2004.
Conference Leader (organized with Mazingira Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, and

Human Rights Center, SUNY-Buffalo Law School), Conference on Human Rights
in East Africa: Emergent Themes, Challenges, and Tensions [supported by the
Ford
Foundation], Windsor Golf and Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya, October 9-10, 2004.
Keynote Address: “The Role of Political Parties in a Transition: The Kenyan

Experience,” Kituo Cha Katiba (Center for Constitutionalism), East African
Regional Workshop on the Role of Political Parties in a Transition, Kampala,
Uganda, May 14, 2004.
“Human Rights as a Political Project,” Council on African Studies and Yale Law
School, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, April 21, 2004.
“Trade and Human Rights at the WTO,” KHRC National Symposium on

Corporate Social Responsibility: Investing in the Era of Human Rights, Kenya
School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, Kenya, February 18, 2004.
“Reforming the Kenyan State,” Alpha Kappa Boule, Amherst, New York,
November 22, 2003.
“Taming Leviathan: the Quest for Viable Kenyan State,” Faculty Workshop, SUNY
Buffalo Law School, November 21, 2003.
“A Third World Critique of Human Rights,” Central European University,

Budapest, Hungary, April 24, 2003.
“Eyes on the Prize: the Quest for a Human Rights State in Kenya,” Strategic
Planning Workshop for the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Mount
Kenya Safari Club, Nanyuki, Kenya, March 14, 2003.
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“Reconstruction in Post-Conflict African States,” The 2003 Robert L. Bernstein
Symposium on Global Interests and Local Needs: Striking a Balance in Post
Conflict States, The Orville H. Schell Center International Human Rights, Yale Law
School, February 27-28, 2003.
“The North-South Chasm: Problems of Development and Human Rights,” Africa

Legal Aid, United Nations University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, December
2002.
“The Complexity of Universality in Human Rights,” 10th Annual Conference on

the ‘Individual v. the State,’ Central European University, Budapest, Hungary,
June 14, 2002.
“Sudan: An Independent Black Republic for the South,” University of California

at Los Angeles, UCLA Globalization Research Center -- Africa, Global Challenge
of the Tragedy of Sudan: a Public Education Forum, March 29, 2002.
“Human Rights: A Cultural Project,” Belk Human Rights Lecture Series,

University of North Carolina-Asheville, March 21, 2002.
“How the Human Rights Corpus Understands the Meaning of the Freedom and
Belief,” Harvard Law School, 15 th Anniversary of the Harvard Human Rights
Journal Conference on Religion, Democracy, and Human Rights, Cambridge, MA.,
February 16, 2002.
“Terrorism and Human Rights: Power, Culture, and Subordination,” The

International Council on Human Rights Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, January 10,
2002. [Also at the Kenya Human Rights Commission Tenth Anniversary
Celebrations Symposium, Ufungamano House, Nairobi, Kenya, April 22, 2002].
“Human Rights as a Metaphor,” Conference on The Politics and Political Uses of

Human Rights Discourse, Institute of African Studies/Center for the Study of Law
and Culture/Center for the Study of Human Rights/Human Rights Institute,
Columbia University, New York, New York, November 8, 2001.
“Human Rights: A Noble Cause Wrapped in Arrogance,” The International

Council On Human Rights Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, October 25, 2001.
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“Universal Jurisdiction: Questions of Blind Universality,” Experts Meeting on
African Perspectives on Universal Jurisdiction for Crimes Against Humanity,
Africa Legal Aid, Cairo, Egypt, July 30-31, 2001
Panelist, “The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy,” John F. Kennedy Library,
Columbia Point, Boston, May 29, 2001.
“Freedom of Religion or Belief: Issues Related to Proselytism,” Non-Governmental

Organizations Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, New York, NY, April
26, 2001.
“Anatomy of Conflict in the African Continent,” International Bar Association,

Conference on Law in a Continent in Transition, East African Law Society/Law
Society of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, March 25-28, 2001.
“Savages, Victims, and Saviors: the Metaphors of Human Rights,” 2001 Valerie
Gordon Human Rights Lecturer, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston,
March 15, 2001.
“Pedagogy: Teaching Human Rights,” Association of American Law Schools

(AALS), Workshop on Human Rights: Teaching and Scholarship, New Issues,
New Approaches, Alexandria, VA., October 26-28, 2000.
“Summary Findings: Trade and Human Rights at the WTO,” Palais des Nations,
Geneva, Switzerland, April 27, 2000.
Lecture: “What is TWAIL?” 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Society of

International Law, Washington DC. 2000.
“U.S. Human Rights Policy and Implementation in Kenya,” U.S. Institute of Peace,
Washington DC. March 8, 2000.
“Legal and Institutional Reforms,” Experts Workshop on Governance and Conflict

Prevention, United Nations Development Programme, New York, March 7, 2000.
“Human Rights and Statehood in Africa,” Naval War College, Newport, Rhode
Island, February 9, 2000.
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“Trade and Human Rights at the WTO: the Unnecessary Conflict,” Iowa
University College of Law, January 20, 2000.
“Trading in Human Rights: the Human Rights Obligations of the World Trade
Organization,” Workshop Organized by the International Centre for Human
Rights and Democratic Development and Human Rights Watch, Third Ministerial
Conference of the WTO, Seattle, December 1, 1999.
“Human Rights as a Cultural Project,” Yale Law School, November 19, 1999.
“The African Human Rights System: a Critical Evaluation,” Meeting on Human

Development Report 2000: Human Rights in Human Development, United
Nations Development Programme Human Development Office, New York, New
York, November 4, 1999.
Keynote Address: “Critical Race Theory and International Law: the View of an
Insider-Outsider,” Conference on Critical Race Theory and International Law,
Villanova Law School, October 16, 1999.
“Breaking Barriers: Radical Constitutionalism in the Next African Century,

Conference on Constitutionalism in Africa: New Opportunities, New Challenges,”
Makerere University (Faculty of Law/Ford Foundation, Kampala, Uganda,
October 5-8, 1999.
Panelist, Plenary Session, “A Half Century of International Human Rights: What

Has Changed?” Human Rights Program Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration,
Harvard Law School, September 18, 1999.
Discussant, Roundtable on Role of the University in the Human Rights Movement,

Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, September 16-17, 1999.
“The African Commission and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Challenges
in the New Millennium,” Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC),
Lagos, Nigeria, September 3, 1999.
“Kenya and the Green Belt Movement,” Blackside, Inc., Boston, MA. June 5, 1999.
“Why Law School,” Faculty Commencement Speaker, SUNY at Buffalo School of

Law, Center for the Arts, May 15, 1999.
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“Dedication to A. Leon Higginbotham,” Students of Color Recognition Dinner,
SUNY at Buffalo School of Law, April 1999.
“Fifty Years After the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Whither From
Here,” The Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Western New York, Buffalo, N.Y., April
1999.
“INGOs As Political Actors, American Society of International Law Meeting,”

Washington DC, March 1999.
“Savages, Victims, and Saviors: the Metaphor of Human Rights,” Harvard Law
School Faculty Workshop, March 1999.
“Human Rights and Universality,” University of Iowa, February 1999.
“Fifty Years After the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Is the Glass Half
Empty?” The American Jewish Committee of Western New York, Buffalo, NY.,
December 1998.
“The Crisis of Human Rights: A Response to Louis Henkin,” JFK School of

Government, Harvard University, November 1998.
“The Character of INGOs and the Future of the Human Rights Movement,” SUNY
at Buffalo School of Law, October 1998.
“The Soul of Africa: A Critique of the Right to Religious Advocacy,” The Oslo
Conference on the Freedom of Religion or Belief, Oslo, Norway, August 1998.
“Politics and Human Rights: An Essential Symbiosis,” The International Law

Association, Oxford University, United Kingdom, April 1998.
“Human Rights, the Environment, and Community,” UB Environmental and

Society Institute, April 1998.
“From Nuremberg to Rwanda: Justice or Retribution,” Makerere University,

Kampala, Uganda, December 1997.
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“Human Rights and the 1997 Elections,” Organized by the Kenya Human Rights
Commission, Nairobi, Kenya, December 1997.
“Ideas and Thoughts on the Future Direction and Work of the Kenya Human
Rights Commission,” Organized by the Kenya Human Rights Commission,
Nairobi, Kenya, December 1997.
“The Legitimacy of Human Rights NGOs in Africa,” University of Maastricht,

Maastricht, the Netherlands, November 1997.
“Returning to My Roots: African Religions and the State,” CODESRIA and Emory
University School of Law, Dakar, Senegal, May 1997.
“Findings of the United Nations Human Rights Mission to Tanzania,” United

Nations Development Programme, Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, May 1997.
“Poverty and Human Rights: The Biases of Rights Discourse,” University of Sao
Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil, November 1996.
Co-Chair, “Into the Future,” Plenary Session of the 2nd International Conference on
Health & Human Rights, Organized by the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for
Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA., October 1996.
“Can South Africa be Transformed through the Rights Idiom,” SUNY at Buffalo
School of Law, October 1996.
“The Ideology of Human Rights,” SUNY at Buffalo School of Law, January 1996.
“Ethnicity, Self-determination, and Human Rights,” Organized by the Campaign

for Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. June 1995.
“Conflicting Conceptions of Human Rights: Rethinking the African Post-Colonial

State,” American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, New York, April
1995.
“Limitations on Religious Rights: Problematizing Religious Freedom in the African

Context,” Emory Law School, October 1994.
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“The Interaction Between Human Rights, Democracy, and Governance and
Displacement of Populations,” Joint Organization of African Unity (OAU) and
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Addis Ababa
Symposium on Refugees and Displaced Persons in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
September 1994.
Consultant and Speaker, Workshop on Human Rights and Democratic

Development, The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic
Development (Montreal, Canada), Nairobi, Kenya, September 1993.
“Building Human Rights Institutions in Emerging Democracies in Africa,”

International Symposium on Understanding Human Rights in the Context of
Japan’s Growing Internationalism, Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan), June 1993.
“Human Rights in Africa,” The Borah Symposium, University of Idaho, Moscow,

Idaho, March 1993.
“The African Human Rights System in a Comparative Perspective: the Need for
Urgent Reformulation,” The Third Afro-Americo-European Conference on
Regional Systems of Human Rights Protection in Africa, the Americas, and
Europe, Strasbourg, France, June 1992.
“Lawyers and Social Change in Kenya,” Law & Society Association Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA., June 1992.
“The Global Democratic Revolution,” Harvard Law School, June 1991.
“The Relationship between the African Commission on Human and Peoples’

Rights and African NGOs,” The Fund for Peace/The Friedrich Naumann
Foundation, New York, June 1991.
“The Media and Legal and Constitutional Issues,” The Nieman Foundation and
the African American Institute, Harvard University, May 1991.
Chair and Speaker, “Human Rights in Africa--Present and Future,” Roundtable at

the African Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, November 1990.
“Recent Human Rights Developments in Zaire,” Center for the Study of Human
Rights, Columbia University, September 1990.
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“Human Rights and Judiciaries in Africa,” Cornell University, November 1989.
Participant, The Inter-Africa Workshop on Justice, Peace, and Human Rights,

Organized by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Harare, Zimbabwe,
May 1989.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Presidential Advisory Group, 2021.
Scholarship, Tenure, and Recognition Subcommittee, 2021
SUNY Honorary Degree Committee, 2021.
Distinguished Ranks Selection Committee, 2021-24.
Search Committee for University at Buffalo Provost 2011-12.
Advisory Committee to the Vice President for Development and Alumni

Relations Member 2011.
Search Committee for Vice President for Development and Alumni

Relations Member
2011.
Advisory Panel for the Selection of Interim Provost Member March-

April 2011.
SUNY Honorary Degree Committee Member

2010-11.
Distinguished Series/Chancellor’s Awards Selection Committee

Member 2007-2009
Research Advisory Council

Member 2006-2008
102
Tripartite Panel, SUNY Discrimination Complaint Procedure
Member 2007-08
Member, Law School Dean Search Committee 2007
Member, Graduate School Graduate Faculty since 2005
Member, Search Committee, Vice President for Research 2004-2005
Member, Law School Dean Search Committee 1998
Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy
Program on International and Comparative Legal Studies (PICLS)

Director 1998-2004
Coordinated, formulated, and directed research and other initiatives
by faculty and students.
Program on Human Rights Law & Policy Director 1996-1998

Coordinated, formulated, and directed research and other initiatives
by faculty and students.
Graduate Group on Human Rights Law & Policy

Director 1996-2001
Directed research, discussion, and advocacy on human rights issues
by students.
Law School, University at Buffalo
Chair, Planning Committee 2007

Law School Retreat on Mission and Vision
Faculty Appointments Committee 2006-2008;

1999-2000.
Special Needs Committee 2004-2005
ABA Accreditation Self-Study Committee 2000

103
Admissions Committee 1996-2000
Faculty Development Committee 1997-98
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

Founder and Advisor since 1997
Universities
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Atlanta

Reviewer, Five-year Review of Dean Kaminshine, March 2012
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Atlanta

Member, Five-year External Review, April 2011
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE Costa Rica

Member, Advisory Board, Human Rights Centre, 2006-07
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, NORTHERN IRELAND (UK)

Transitional Justice Institute
Mentor August-December 2006
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Academic and Professional Societies
Counsellor, American Society of International Law, 2017-2020
Member, Blacks of the American Society of International Law Task Force (BASIL),
2014 – Present.
Member, Host Committee, American Society of International Law, 2013 Mid-Year

Meeting, NYU Law School, New York, October 31-November 2, 2013.
Member, Nominating Committee, American Society of International Law, 2013-

2014.
104
Judge, Iran Tribunal [a private initiative to hear charges of atrocities in Iran from
1981-1988], The Hague, Netherlands, October 25-27, 2012.
Vice President, American Society of International Law, 2011-13.
Member, Sigma Pi Phi (Alpha Kappa) [Boule], since 2010.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, since 2010.
Member, Asylum Guide Advisory Committee, Federal Judicial Center & the
American Society of International Law (Author: Bernadette Cisse), Washington
D.C., 2009-2010.
Member, Honorary Advisory Committee for the National Pro Bono Celebration,
ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, October 25-31, 2009.
Executive Council Member, American Society of International Law, 2007-2010
Executive Committee, American Society of International Law, 2007-2010
Co-Chair, 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law

(ASIL). Responsible for conceptualizing and organizing the entire Annual
Meeting.
Member, 1999 American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting

Program Organizing Committee. Conceptualized and organized all human rights
panels.
Member: American Society of International Law

American Bar Association
African Studies Association
African Association of Political Science
Journal Editorial Boards and Manuscript Reviews
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of African Law, SOAS, University of London,

since 2013.
105
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Law, Society, and Development, University
of South Africa, since 2013.
Member, International Advisory Board, African Nazarene University Law

Journal, Nairobi, Kenya, since 2012.
Member, Editorial Review Board, Human Rights Quarterly.
Member, Advisory Board, African Journal of Legal Studies, since 2011.
Member, Editorial Board, Studies in Intercultural Human Rights, Martinus

Nijhoff, since 2008.
Advisory and Consultative Editor, Leiden Journal of International Law, since

2000
Book Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Comparative Foreign Policy and International

Human Rights (David P. Forsythe, ed., United Nations University Press, 1999).
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of African Studies, since 1997.
Guest Editor, 18 Law & Policy (1996) [special issue on the Right to Development].
Member, International Advisory Board, East African Journal of Peace & Human
Rights, since 1993.
United States (NY) Official Service
Member, Merit Selection Committee for Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J McCarthy,

United States District Court, Western District of New York, July-August 2014.
Commissioner & Deputy Attorney General, The Moreland Commission to

Investigate Public Corruption [Appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY),
July 2013-April 2014]
Member, Committee on New Pro Bono Requirement for Bar Admission

[Appointed by NY Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman], 2012.
106
Member, Board of Directors, Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, 2012-
Present.
Member, New York State Judicial Screening Committee, Fourth Department, 2011-
2019.
Member, Transition Team, Attorney General Elect Eric Scheiderman, New York
State, November – January 2010.
Member, Merit Selection Committee for Magistrate Hugh B. Scott, United States
District Court, Western District of New York, October-November 2010.
Kenya Government Human Rights and Constitutional Service
Chairman, Government of Kenya Task Force on the Establishment of a Truth,

Justice, and Reconciliation Commission, Nairobi, Kenya, April-October 2003.
Chair, Public Launch and Presentation of the Report of the Task Force on the
Establishment of a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission, Nairobi,
Kenya, October 15, 2003.
Delegate, National Constitutional Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, since April 2003.
Chair, Tenth Anniversary Celebrations, Kenya Human Rights Commission,

Nairobi, Kenya, April 22-26, 2002.
Board Memberships, Expert Bodies, and Award Committees
Vice Chair [Member, Standing Committee], International Development Law

Organization, Rome, Italy, since 2016.
Member, Global Network of Experts, Ergo (risk assessment company), see

http://www.ergo.net/), New York, New York, since 2015.
Board Member, International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Rome,

Italy, since December 2012
Board Member (Treasurer), Akiba Uhaki International, since 2009.
107
Member, Integrated Strategic Plan Committee, Amnesty International, London,
2007-2008.
Judge, RFK Human Rights Award, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for
Human Rights, Washington, DC. 2007-2012.
Member, African Politics Conference Group Best Book Committee, African

Studies Association, 2006-07.
Board Member, Coalition for Multiparty Democracy, Kenya, 2004.
Chair (US), Board of Directors, Twana Twitu (AIDS orphan charity), Nairobi &
New York, 2006-2008.
Member, Expert Working Group, Legal Education Reform, Central European and
Eurasian Initiative, American Bar Association, 2006.
Board Member, Global Rights, Washington D.C., since 2004–2009.
Member, Search Committee (for Executive Director), Global Rights, 2005-2006.
Expert Panel Member (Human Rights), Fast Company, Fast Company/Monitor

Group Social Capitalist Awards, 2004, 2005.
Participant, Brainstorming Meeting, Amnesty International Annual Report,

London, UK. November 22, 2004.
Member, Working Group on Constitution-Making, Peace-Building, and National

Reconciliation, Rule of Law Program, United States Peace Institute [Co-sponsored
by the United Nations Development Program], 2001-2002.
Nominator, Macarthur Fellows Program, The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur

Foundation, 2000.
Member, Board of Directors, South Africa Partners, Inc., 1999-2005.
Member, John Humphrey Freedom Award Jury, International Centre for Human
Rights and Democratic Development, Montreal, Canada, 1998.
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Member, Roster of Electoral Experts, Electoral Assistance Division, United
Nations, since 1998.
Member, Board of Advisors, International Legal Assistance Network, New York,

New York, since 1998-2000.
Member, Advisory Board, Rights and Wrongs Educational Media Project,

Globalvision, Inc., 1997-2000.
Member, Board of Directors, International Third World Legal Studies Association,

1996-97.
Member, International Advisory Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial

Human Rights Award, 1994-2007.
Member, formerly the Chairman, African Studies Association Human Rights

Committee, since 1993-1996.
Advisor, Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, The Carter Center of Emory

University, 1992.
Advisor, Reebok Human Rights Award, Stoughton, MA, 1992
Chair, Kenya Human Rights Commission, since 1992
Member, Task Force, African Commission on Human and Peoples= Rights,

19911996.
HUMAN RIGHTS MISSIONS AND CONSULTANCIES
Member, World Bank mission to Kenya, Judicial Performance Improvement

Project (JPIP), Nairobi, Kenya, May 9-19, 2016.
Consultant, Workshop on Kenya [Focus on Post-election Violence], International

Criminal Court, The Hague, March, 2010; February, 2011.
Consultant, Project on Restorative Systems of Justice and International

Humanitarian Law, Afrika Centre (Mbale, Uganda), July-August 2008.
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Legal and Political Advisor, Mr. John Githongo, former Permanent Secretary in
charge of Ethics and Governance in the Office of the President (Kenya’s
anticorruption czar], Republic of Kenya, 2005-2007.
Constitutional Consultant, United Nations Iraq Constitution Support Group,

United Nations Development Programme, New York, January-February 2005.
Consultant, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, 2004 Kenya Annual

State of Human Rights Report, Nairobi, 2003-2005.
Lead Researcher, The Future of International Human Rights Standard-Setting,

International Council on Human Rights Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, September
2002-August 2004.
Lecturer, KHRC Workshop for the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights,
Nairobi, October 13-14, 2003.
Consultant, The World Bank, Retrospective on World Bank Legal and Judicial
Reform Projects in Africa, February-June, 2003.
Lecturer, 2002 African Human Rights Camp, Human Rights Institute of South
Africa (HURISA), Cairo, Egypt, November 2002.
External Expert, T & B Consult, Capacity Assessment of the Danish Centre for
Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2001-February 2002.
External Facilitator, Strategic Review, Africa Legal Aid (AFLA), July-August 2001
[visited AFLA offices in Accra, Ghana, and Maastricht, The Netherlands, and
presented Report of Strategic Review to the Annual Meeting of Governing Council
of Africa Legal Aid in Cairo, Egypt on August 1, 2001.
Independent Human Rights Expert, Needs Assessment Mission to Nigeria, UN

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, February-March 2001.
International Human Rights Expert, UNESCO/UNDP/UNDESA Project on the

Promotion of Good Governance in Liberia (Consultant on Human Rights and
Democracy Training), November 2000 [Monrovia and Gbarnga, Liberia].
110
Human Rights Expert, Mission to Geneva, Switzerland, International Centre for
Human Rights and Democratic Development, April 2000 [met with WTO, UN
agencies, NGOs, and diplomats to discuss trade and human rights]
Consultant, United Nations Development Program, Human Development Report

2000: Human Rights in Human Development, September-November, 1999.
Consultant Hopes on the Horizon, Blackside, Inc., Boston, MA. June 1999.
Human Rights Expert, Mission to Kenya, The Kenya Human Rights Commission
(Nairobi, Kenya), December 1997.
Member, Mission to Tanzania, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human

Rights/UNDP (Geneva and New York), April/May 1997.
Member, Mission to South Africa, UN Office of the High Commissioner for

Human Rights (Geneva), May 1996.
Member, Mission to Guatemala, Human Rights Watch/Americas (Washington

DC), November 1994.
Member, Mission to Tanzania, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human

Rights (Geneva), September 1994.
Election Observer, Mission to South Africa, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law (Washington DC), April 1994.
Member, Mission to Malawi, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human

Rights (Washington DC), March 1994.
NGO Delegate, Mission to South Africa, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law (Washington DC), March 1994.
Legal Expert, Mission to Kenya, The International Centre for Human Rights and
Democratic Development (Montreal, Canada), September 1993.
Delegation Leader and Legal Expert, Mission to Ethiopia, The International

Human Rights Law Group (Washington DC), June/July 1993.
111
Legal Expert, Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
(Banjul, The Gambia), The Fund for Peace/Congressional Human Rights
Foundation (New York), October 1992.
Consultant, United Nations Development Programme, Human Development

Report, 1992.
Legal Expert, Mission to Kenya, The International Centre for Human Rights and
Democratic Development (Montreal, Canada), September 1992.
NGO Delegate, Mission to Zambia, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
(New York), January 1991.
NGO Delegate, Mission to Uganda, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
(New York), December 1990.
NGO Delegate, Mission to Tanzania, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
(New York), December 1990.
Observer and NGO Delegate, Eighth Session of the African Commission on

Human and Peoples’ Rights (Banjul, The Gambia), Lawyers Committee for Human
Rights (New York), October 1990.
Delegation Leader, Mission to Zaire, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
(New York), March 1990.
Delegation Leader, Mission to Zaire, Mission to Zaire, The Lawyers Committee

for Human Rights (New York), August/September 1989.
Delegation Leader, Mission to Congo (Brazzaville), The Lawyers Committee for

Human Rights (New York), September 1989.
Delegation Leader, Mission to Belgium, The Lawyers Committee for Human

Rights (New York), August 1989.
NGO Delegate, Mission to the United Kingdom, The Lawyers Committee for
Human Rights (New York), June 1989.
112
NGO Delegate, Mission to Uganda, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
(New York), June 1989.
NGO Delegate, Mission to Ethiopia, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
(New York), June 1989.
NGO Delegate, Mission to Zimbabwe, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
(New York), May/June1989.
LEGISLATIVE APPEARANCES
KENYA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Public Accounts Committee

Legal Counsel to John Githongo, Githongo’s Testimony before the PAC,
Kenya High Commission, London, February 11-12, 2006.
Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Review

Addressed PSC on Constitution-Making in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, March
2003.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS
Sub-committee on African Affairs of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Human Rights in Uganda and Liberia: Testimony of Makau wa Mutua,
March 9, 1989.
Sub-committee on Foreign Operations of the House Committee on

Appropriations
Human Rights in Liberia, Uganda, and South Africa: Testimony of Makau
wa Mutua, February 7, 1989.
JUDICIARY
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman Task Force to Expand Access to Legal Services
Legal Education and Civil Legal Services: Pro Bono as a Central value
Francis M. Letro Courtroom, SUNY Buffalo Law School, October 3, 2013.
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Legal Education and Civil Legal Services: What is UB Law School Doing?”
Ceremonial Courtroom, Buffalo, New York, October 6, 2011.
PROFILES
“In the Cottage with Makau

Mutua,”http://cottcom.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/in-the-cottage-
withmakaumutua/, posted October 2, 2013.
“For UB Law Dean, Kenya’s Never Far Away,” Buffalo News B1 (February 13,
2008).
“Law Professor Advises Kenyan Graft Buster,” UB Reporter 1 (March 9, 2006).
“Faculty Profile: Professor Mutua,” Opinion [Student Newspaper of the University

at Buffalo Law School], October 2005.
“UB Professor Helps Kenya Confront Evils From its Past,” C-1 Buffalo News
(November 24, 2003).
“A Year in Kenya,” 42-45 UB Law Forum (Fall 2003).
Kenya: The Top 100 People [named one of 100 most influential Kenyans in the
government of President Mwai Kibaki], Paris: Indigo Publications, B-135-36 (July
2003).
“Prof. Makau Mutua: Journey to International Fame,” 6-9 [Life] Sunday Standard
(June 15, 2003).
“Journey From Kenya: Professor Braves Peril in Human-Rights Quest,” 4 UB

Reporter
(February 12, 1998).
“Mutua and Scales-Trent are Honored by Black Law Students,” 109 UB Law Forum
(Spring 1998).
“Trial by Fire: The Education of Makau Mutua,” UB Law Forum 100 (Spring 1997).
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“Mutua Fills New Post as HRP Projects Director,” Harvard Law Bulletin 32
(February 1992).
MEDIA
Comments and Interviews
PBS: "South Africa Now", Newsweek, Time, Capital Talk –K 24 (The Bench with
Jeff Koinange [Nairobi], British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio France
International, Voice of America, Radio Canada International, National Public
Radio, WBAI, WLIB, WHMM (Howard University TV), KTN (Kenya Television
Network), Legal Times, New York Times, Wisconsin Public Radio, Washington
Post, Amsterdam News, Nairobi Law Monthly, Standard, Daily Nation (Kenya),
Philadelphia Inquirer, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, International Herald
Tribune, NBC: "America's Black Forum", Monitor Radio, WPFW 89.3 FM
(Washington DC), Oakland Tribune, CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher,
Inter Press Service, UB Reporter (SUNY Buffalo), Harvard University Gazette,
Harvard Law Record, Harvard Law Bulletin, Opinion (UB Law), Christian
Science Monitor Channel: "Inner City Beat", Channel 7 News (Buffalo),
Manchester Guardian Weekly, Atlanta Constitution, Emerge, WBFO, Boston
Globe, Buffalo News, Spectrum (SUNY Buffalo), and Africa News.
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MAKAU MUTUA

SUNY Distinguished Professor

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Cambridge

UNIVERSITY OF DAR-ES-SALAAM Tanzania

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Kenya

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO LAW SCHOOL

HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER SUNY Buffalo Law School

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria, South Africa

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION, Rome, Italy

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO Bilbao, Spain

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE Costa Rica

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF LAW San Juan

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW Iowa City

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Cambridge, MA

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL Cambridge, MA

UNIVERSITY OF DAR-ES-SALAAM Tanzania

THE WORLD BANK, Washington DC

LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS New York

Attorney Political Asylum Project September-December 1988

WHITE & CASE New York

LITVIN, BLUMBERG, MATUSOW, & YOUNG Philadelphia

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW GROUP Washington DC

Ford Foundation (jointly with Mazingira Institute) $100,000 grant to organize

Ford Foundation Grant, $50,000, for research on comparative constitutionalism,

AWARDS AND HONORS

Certificate of Recognition [Invaluable Role as an Accomplished Scholar, Role

Certificate of Appreciation [Keynote Speaker], Kenya Scholars and Studies

Distinguished Africanist Award, New York African Studies Association, 40 th

2014 Lawyers of Color Third Annual Power List, February 2014.

Top 100 Most Influential People in Kenya [ranked at 78], see

Member, SUNY Distinguished Academy [founded in 2012].

Trailblazer Award, Rochester Black Bar Association, October 9, 2009, Rochester,

SADOO Enterprises, Inc., African Schools Project, Distinguished Citizen Award,

Mayor, City of Buffalo, Executive Chamber Proclamation – October 19, 2008

Mayor, City of Buffalo, Executive Chamber Proclamation – September 9, 2008

Minority Bar Association of Western New York, Welcome Award, September 9,

The 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award [For Outstanding Service to the

Bashorun M. K. O. Abiola Lecture Award, African Studies Association, 50 th

Prominent Refugee, Gallery of Prominent Refugees, 50th of the United Nations

Marshall, SUNY-Buffalo Law School Commencement, 2002, 2001.

Elected by Students to be Faculty Commencement Speaker (“Why Law School?”),

Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Faculty Award, SUNY Buffalo, February 1998.

Jacob D. Hyman Award, SUNY Buffalo Law School, April 1998.

Certificate of Special Recognition, Students of Color Recognition Dinner, SUNY at

The Palgrave Handbook on Democrcay, Governance, and Justice in Africa

Kenya’s Quest for Democracy: Taming Leviathan, Boulder: Lynne Rienner

Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique, Philadelphia: University of

Zaire: Repression As Policy (with Peter Rosenblum), New York: Lawyers

ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, REVIEWS

“A problem of Utopia: Human Rights and Transitional Justice,” in The Oxford

“Reparations for Slavery: A Productive Strategy?” in Time for Reparations: A

”Die Rolle von Nichtregierungsorganisationen bei der Rechtserzeugung” [The

“The Richardson Escuela: Law as Politics,” 31 Temple Journal of International

“What is the Future of Transitional Justice?” International Journal of Transitional

“Why Kenya is a Nation in Embryo,” in 50 Years Since Independence: Where is

“In Memoriam – Virginia Leary,” Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting

“Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: Putting Homophobia on Trial,” in African