Bio

Brief Profile

Dr Muthomi Thiankolu is a Partner at Muthomi & Karanja Advocates and a Lecturer at the University of Nairobi School of Law. His professional interests are in public procurement regulation, dispute resolution, electoral and democratic processes, constitutional and administrative law and international economic law. He is an accomplished legal practitioner, consultant and academic.

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(Last updated: January 21, 2022)

Publications

Forthcoming

Thiankolu, M, Akech M, Obura K.  Forthcoming.  The Interplay of Economic and Social Objectives, the Problem of Discretion and Evolution of Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Public Procurement in Kenya. Strathmore Law Journal. 5(1)

2020

Thiankolu, M.  2020.  Using Administrative Law and Economics to Balance Conflicting Economic and Social Objectives and to Resolve the Problem of Discretion in Public Procurement Decision Making in Kenya. Kabarak Journal of Law and Ethics. 5(1):173-204.

2019

Thiankolu, M, Akech M, Obura K.  2019.  The Problem of Discretion and the Interplay of Economic and Social Policy Objectives in The Kenyan Public Procurement System: A Review of the Ballot Papers and Laptops Procurement Cases. East Africa Law Journal. :17-52.
Thiankolu, M.  2019.  Role of the Courts in Ensuring Free and Fair Elections In Kenya: A Tale of Fifty-six Years of Legal Sophistry and Intellectual Dishonesty. Kabarak Journal of Law and Ethics . 4(1):53.
Thiankolu, M.  2019.  Using Public Procurement as a Tool of Economic and Social Development Policy in Kenya: Lessons from the United States and South Africa. Journal on Financing for Development . 1(1):97.

2017

Thiankolu, M, Mavisi VK.  2017.  Judiciary Bench Book on Electoral Disputes Resolution. , Nairobi: The Judiciary (Kenya)

2016

Thiankolu, M.  2016.  ‘Standards of Review and Resolution of Electoral Disputes in Kenya: A Review of the Jurisdiction of the High Court; The Court of Appeal; and the Supreme Court. Balancing the Scales of Electoral Justice: Resolving Disputes from the 2013 Elections in Kenya and the Emerging Jurisprudence. , Nairobi: The Judiciary (Kenya) and IDLO

2013

Thiankolu, M.  2013.  ‘Resolution of Electoral Disputes in Kenya: An Audit of Past Court Decisions. Handbook on Election Disputes in Kenya: Context, Legal Framework, Institutions and Jurisprudence . , Nairobi: The Law Society of Kenya

2011

Thiankolu, M.  2011.  Reconciling Incongruous Policy Objectives and Benchmarking Kenya’s Public Procurement Law: A Review of the Selex Case. Journal of Public Procurement. 11(4):451.

2007

Thiankolu, M.  2007.  Landmarks from El Mann to the Saitoti Ruling; Searching a Philosophy of Constitutional Interpretation in Kenya. Kenya Law Review. 1:188.

2005

Thiankolu, M.  2005.  The Constitutional Review Cases; Emerging Issues in Kenyan Jurisprudence. East Africa Law Journal. 2:122.

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