Public Hearings on the Amendment Bill of PWDs

Courtesy of United Disabled Persons of Kenya (UDPK)


Dear Members and Friends of Disability Fraternity, 

There will be  public hearings on the amendment bill of Persons With Disabilities on the 18th of November 2015 in continental building 4th floor. This will be from 11am to 1.00 pm. 

Kindly circulate widely the documents herein (click on the links below) to enable adequate  participation. 

• Persons With Disability Amendment Bill
• Parliament Persons With Disability Bill
• Notice

Nairobi City County Public Participation Bill, 2015

Courtesy of TISA & TDF

The Nairobi City County Assembly is currently considering, among other bills, the Nairobi City County Public Participation Bill, 2015. To this end, the Committee in charge of the aforementioned bill invites the public to submit any representations on proposed amendments to the bill. Submissions may be hand delivered to the Clerk of the Nairobi City County Assembly, P.O.BOX 45844-00100, City Hall Building, 2^nd Floor, Room 273, Nairobi or by email clerk@nrbcountyassembly.go.ke to be received on or before Monday, 19^th October, 2015 at 5.00p.m.

Click here to download the bill for more information

Memorandum on the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) (NO.2) Bill, 2013 Tuesday, October 6, 2015

The Equalization fund is established under Article 204 of the constitution as an affirmative action fund targeted at marginalized counties. The Commission on Revenue Allocation concluded the policy to guide the fund on February 2013 and this was subsequently adopted by Parliament. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury gazetted guidelines for the administration of the fund on 13th March 2015. On 29th August 2015, the National Assembly passed a bill to Amend Article 204 -2 and 3(b); the effect of which is to direct the funds to the constituency under the management of members of parliament. Read more on the TDF Memoranda here

Jukumu Letu iMOP Evaluation

In May, CRECO with support from Hivos under the Jukumu Letu Initiative began implementing the project ‘Promoting Citizens and CSO’s Effective participation in Governance at the County and National Levels’ in three (3 counties namely; Marsabit, Baringo and Kitui

Can County Assembly Members Dismiss County Executive Members?

Section 40 of the County Governments Act gives the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) the authority to petition the Assemblies in order to have any county executive dismissed from office. Supported by at least one-third of all the members of the county assembly, any assembly member can propose a motion requiring the governor to dismiss a county executive committee member. more

KCA Holds Training Workshop on Media and Devolution in Turkana County

March 14, 2015

Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA)  concluded a two -day workshop for journalists based in Turkana County aimed at strengthening their capacity to generate quality and issue-based media content on Devolved Governments in Kenya. The workshop, which was held in Lodwar Town on March 12-13, 2015, brought together more than 30 journalists from different media outlets based in the county. The journalists were taken through intensive training sessions which focused on understanding the Devolved system of Government, the gains and emerging threats to the implementation of devolution and a discussion on a recent study on the impact of Devolution on selected counties done by the Constitution Reform Education Consortium (CRECO).

THE AMENDED SECURITY LAW

Under the guise of giving the government the tools to fight insecurity, the amended laws gives government wide and unchecked discretion in defining what constitutes a threat and taking measures to mitigate against it. It cuts a large swathe through constitutionally guaranteed rights to privacy, fair trial, assembly, information, expression and thought as well as freedoms from arbitrary detention and even torture, in a misguided attempt to respond to rising incidents of insecurity including terrorist attacks. This atrocious piece of legislation is just the culmination of a long period of Kenyan elites undermining the foundations of liberal democracy in Kenya.