Abstract :
This article examines developments in the East African Community from October
2006 to April 2007, against the background of the challenge to the “elections”
of members of the East African Legislative Assembly. The article also examines
the saga over the Kenyan regional court judges, emanating from the decision to
grant an injunction restraining the nine Kenyan nominees to the Assembly from
taking office and to dismiss a recusal application brought against the court’s
Kenyan judges. The article explores the hurried amendments to the Community
treaty in a largely political response to the regional court’s decisions and the implications
for the future of the court and the Community. The haste involved in
amending the treaty itself raises concerns over the growing tendency to flout processes
and procedures at the national and community levels for the sake of political
expedience on the part of the partner states.
