{
  "id": 593754,
  "title": "‘African courts have become ‘commodified’ – Kenyan professor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/african-courts-have-become-commodified-kenyan-professor",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T18:20:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/11/african-courts-have-become-commodified-kenyan-professor/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Research Professor of Development Studies at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Prof. Karuti Kanyinga, has warned that courts across Africa have become “commodified”, saying judicial systems are increasingly vulnerable to bribery, political pressure and executive interference. Kanyinga said the erosion of judicial independence had made access to justice…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}