National Values in Kenya

Values are important and lasting beliefs, standards, ethics or ideals shared by
members of the same community, same culture, same society, same nation or same
country. Values are morals and standards of what is good or bad, and what is
desirable or undesirable. Values are the portrayal of what a society stands for, and
are the basis for the behaviour of its members. Values have a major influence on a
person's behaviour and attitude and serve as broad guidelines in an individual's
conduct in all situations. Read more here

REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT’S NATION ADDRESS

JOINT STATEMENT BY CRECO AND MEMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL VALUES & PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNANCE IN KENYA

Which Direction? The state of a Nation struggling with National Values and Principles of Governance

STATEMENT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL VALUES &

The Constitution of Kenya 2010, section 132 obligates the President of Kenya to give a State of the Nation address on the progress the government is making in achieving the national values and principles of governance as outlined in section 10. The president is also obligated to show progress on how the country is fulfilling its international obligations as stipulated in the constitution section 2(5). On economic and social rights, Articles 41 addresses issues of labor relations and 43 speaks to rights to health, housing, food, water, social security and education as rights that Kenyan’s are entitled to enjoy and justifiable within the legal framework.

National Women’s Leaders Convention

The National Women’s Leaders Convention will be held on the 10th of March 2017 at the BOMAS of Kenya from 9.00am to 2.00pm. The Convention is the largest women’s non-partisan, political and multi-sectorial forum to marshal support for women's candidature for elective seats ahead of the general elections on the 8th of August 2017. The objective of the Convention is to demonstrate the Kenyan women’s political resolve in actualizing the constitutional 2/3rds gender principle and to endorse the declared women’s minimum demands. The Convention will also unveil the women's action plan for mobilizing and marshalling support for women aspirants for elections across the country. This has been organised by The National Women’s Steering Committee (NWSC), Community Advocacy and Awareness Trust (CRAWN Trust) and the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) and Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu Coalition

Those who wish to participate confirm  to Ms. Irene Soila at isoila@khrc.or.ke or 0721 729 774 by close of business on Wednesday 8th March, 2017.

How Much Budget Information are Counties Publishing Online?

Access to timely and comprehensive information is crucial if the wider public in Kenya are to meaningfully participate in government decision making.

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. 

LAWS RELATING TO DEVOLUTION IN KENYA

1. The County Governments Act No.17 of 2012

The County Governments Act, 2012, is an Act of Parliament that gives effect to Chapter Eleven of the Constitution (on Devolved Government); to provide for county governments' powers, functions and responsibilities to deliver services and for connected purposes. The Act received presidential assent on 24th July, 2012. It came into operation upon the final announcement of the results of the first elections under the New Constitution in March 2013.

Get your copy of the County Governments Act, 2012 here.

 2. The Public Finance Management Act, 2012

The Public Finance Management Act, 2012, is an Act of Parliament that provides for;

(i) the effective management of public finances by the national and county governments; 

(ii) the oversight responsibility of Parliament and County Assemblies; 

(iii) the different responsibilities of government entities and other bodies; and 

(iv) for connected purposes.

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How to Ensure Quality Services in Devolution

How to Ensure Quality Services in Devolution
  
By Ndung'u Wainaina

One of the critical features of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is the creation of a devolved co-operative system of governance dismantling the old oppressive and skewed centralised government the country has had since 1964. It further repealed the sessional policy paper 10 of 1965, which was a defining moment in the country’s political economic development and continue to influence policy making. A generic of this policy paper is the much-taunted Vision 2030, which has to be reviewed to comply with constitutional order.

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Senate Special Committee Final Report on Kericho County Governor

Senate Special Committee Final Report on Kericho County Governor Impeachment Probe. The report was tabled in the house by the 11-member committee which was appointed by the senate to look into the allegations leveled against Governor Paul Chepkwony. Red more

Roots and Routes of Political Violence in Kenya’s Civil and Political Society: A Case Study of Marsabit County

Struggles to influence the balance of power and the distribution of economic resources in Kenya have a long history of violence: national and local, actual and threatened, physical and psychological. Somewhat controlled by sophisticated legal, administrative and political institutions and strongly tempered by a deep fund of intercommunity cooperation, violence has been kept in check, but remains persistent.

The levels of violence vary from place to place and year to year, and seldom break out into full-scale clashes or war. Nonetheless, different forms of violence combine with politics to form a resilient chain that exerts powerful control over people’s lives and resists straightforward policy prescriptions or easy practical resolutions read more download the report in PDF form here

County Budgets 2013 - 2014

You can access the county budgets 2013/14 from this link: http://internationalbudget.org/county-budgets-2/