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Chapter 8
State of Judiciary 2011-2012
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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LAW REPORTING
8.1. Overview
The National Council for Law Reporting Act, 1994 established
the Council and mandated it to publish the Kenya Law Reports
and related publications; to revise, consolidate and publish the
Laws of Kenya and to perform such other functions as may be
conferred by statute.
Emerging from decades of a culture of not reporting legal
decisions, the National Council for Law Reporting (NCLR) has
made great strides in recording and publishing existing and
emerging jurisprudence.
The Constitution requires the Judiciary to develop jurisprudence
in order to assert its authority and command the respect and
legitimacy of the public and its peers. Without the timeous
reporting of judgments, rulings and decisions of the courts, it is
arduous to build jurisprudence.
With the support and advice of its leadership and membership
NCLR continues to adopt strategies to re-engineer its editorial
approach to ensure that it “extracts the essence of juristic thought
and to lay it out as one of the beacons for the legal path for
conflict resolution in the advancement of civilized society”.
Over the years, the Council has bolstered its financial, human and
infrastructural resources and developed a specialized set of legal
reference materials highlighting emerging jurisprudence on the
interpretation of the Constitution particularly on the Elections, Bill
of Rights and Leadership and Integrity.
8.2 Achievements and Awards
NCLR keeps abreast of technological advances and regularly
generates new and innovative services such as the ‘KLR
Case Updates’, which provide a weekly synopsis of Kenyan
jurisprudence, ‘CaseBack’, a service that informs a judicial
officer once his or her decision has been considered on appeal,
review or otherwise by another court; and Wakilishare, an open