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On April 16th, 2024, Wanjiru Gikonyo, a leading advocate of good governance and accountability together with the Afronomicslaw filed a case seeking transparency in Kenya’s debt swaps before the East African Court of Justice, (EACJ). The case seeks the Kenyan government to offer detailed information about its planned and ongoing Debt Swaps Arrangements (DSAs).

We are thrilled to announce the second edition of the Afronomicslaw Academic Forum Conference, following the tremendous success of our inaugural event.

When Kenya’s history is written, June 25, 2024 will live in infamy. It will be remembered as the day that an organic GenZ peaceful protest movement against financial austerity imposed by the government of President Ruto was repressed with a violent militarized response. Abductions and disappearances of protesters, internet shutdowns, extrajudicial executions, and threats of shutting down TV Stations signal that President Ruto is ready defend his vastly unpopular and unnecessary financial austerity measures at any cost. Even more, the deployment of the Kenyan Defense Forces in response to legitimate GenZ protests is inconsistent with Article 241 (2) (c) of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya that requires prior approval of the National. The deployment of these forces will only serve to militarily install austerity and to shut down legitimate protests and public debate.

The Transnational Association of Legal Scholars (TALS) is a group of legal scholars experienced in research and supervision and interested in the conduct and method of research in law.

This webinar will discuss accountability in Kenya’s proposed debt swaps, with a focus on the case of In the Matter of the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC: Eugenia Wanjiru Gikonyo v The Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya (EACJ Debt Swaps Case). The case was recently filed at the East African Court of Justice, by Ms. Gikonyo and Afronomicslaw.

The Fourth Biennial Conference of the South Asian International Economic Law Network (SAIELN) will take place on 16th - 18th December 2024 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Open University of Sri Lanka.