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Dr Henry Paul Gichana

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PERSONAL DETAILS
Designation
Lecturer & HOD
Department
Centre for Legal Aid & Clinical Legal Education (CLACLE)
School of Law
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2018 – 2022:  University of the Western Cape, South Africa

  • Doctor of Laws in Law, State and Multilevel Governance

2018: University of Fribourg, Switzerland

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Federalism, Decentralization, and Conflict Resolution.

2017: Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa

  • Master of Laws in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (Distinction)
  • Certificates in Advanced Human Rights Courses

2015 – 2016: Kenya School of Law

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

2010 – 2014: Kenyatta University

  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

2004 – 2008: Lodwar High School

  • Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

May 2017:  Admitted to the Kenyan Bar as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya

2015 – 2016: Kenya School of Law

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

 

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
  • Multilevel Governance (Devolution) Law & Policy
  • Comparative Constitutional Law 
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Regional Integration Law and Policy
  • Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
KEY PROJECTS

Research Projects 

  • Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, 2022 -  Intergovernmental fiscal systems and self-rule: A Kenyan case study (Unpublished LLD thesis under the supervision of Prof Nico Steytler).

  • Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, 2017 – ‘Sub-regional organisations and the responsibility to protect: Towards a normative framework for intervention for the East African Community (EAC)(LLM thesis, 2017, under the supervision of Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur).

  • Kenyatta University School of Law (KUSOL), 2014 – ‘Engendering gender equality in elective politics in Kenya: An assessment of the challenges in the implementation of the “Not more than two-thirds” gender representation rule after the Promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010’ (LLB Dissertation, 2014, under the supervision of Dr Yvonne Idun).

Other Key Projects 

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Multilevel Governance Law & Policy 
  • Constitutional Law 
  • International Law 
  • Human Rights Law
  • Regional Integration Law and Policy
  • Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
CONFERENCES & INVITED PRESENTATIONS

HP Gichana 'Gender and Agricultural Governance in Kenya: Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Governance on Gender-Responsive Agricultural Outcomes.' (Paper presented at the 2023 Annual Kabarak Law School Conference held between 25-26th July 2023 in Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya).

HP Gichana 'Judicial independence in transitions: An attainable constant or a periodic moving target?' (Paper presented at the 2023 Centre for Human Rights HRDA Alumni Roundtable, held between 27-28th July, 2023 in Pretoria, South Africa). 

Steytler N, Ayele Z & Gichana HP ‘Making and amending federal constitutions in Africa.’ (Paper presented at the SASCA conference held between 11-13th September 2022 in Stellenbosch, South Africa).

HP Gichana 'The outcome of Kenya's presidential election petitions 2022.' (Presentation made at a webinar organised by the Dullah Omar Institute held on 9th September 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa).

HP Gichana 'Comparative experiences between Kenya and South Africa on the vertical division of revenue.' (Presentation made at a webinar organized by Katiba Institute in June 2020 on 'Understanding the Supreme Court of Kenya Advisory Opinion on Division of Revenue and its implications on the Budget Process').

HP Gichana 'Use and Misuse of IT in Elections: E-elections or E-rigging?' (Paper presented at the Conference on Populism and Elections organized by the Dullah Omar Institute on 25 April 2019, Cape Town, South Africa)

 

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
Masters Level:

Completed LLM Dissertations (Supervision Assistance)

  • Lucille Tracy Damon 'Municipal regulation of food and waste pickers on landfill sites in South Africa: what should municipalities (dis)allow?' (Unpublished LLM Dissertation, University of the Western Cape, 2018). 
  • Mathiba Gaopalelwe Lesley 'The role of the Auditor-General in the promotion of efficient financial management in municipalities: a case study of the North West province' (Unpublished LLM Dissertation, University of the Western Cape, 2019).

Ongoing LLM Dissertations (Supervision)

MEMBERSHIP / ASSOCIATION
  • Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
  • East Africa Law Society (EALS)

Our Moral Code

As members of Kabarak University family, we purpose at all times and in all places, to set apart in one’s heart, Jesus as Lord. (1 Peter 3:15)