Capital : Nairobi

Land Area : 582,650 sq km

Head of Government : President HE Mr Mwai Kibaki (since 30 December 2002)

Population : 33,829,590 (July 2005 est.)

Major Languages : English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages

Major Religion(s) : Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%

Date of Joining : 1963

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Media Releases:

• Kenya Background Report - January 2008
• CHRI Media Release, March 2006: Kenyan Meda Freedom Goes Up in Smoke.

CHRI Submission to CMAG :
February 1998

Articles from CHRI Newsletter :

• The Law of Succession discriminates against women, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 2005.
• Kenya: Not Yet Uhuru, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 3, Autumn 2004.
• Highlights of CHRI’s Submission to the Kenyan National Constitutional Conference (NCC),CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 3, Winter 2003.
• Setting the “Agenda” for an Era of Change, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 3, Autumn 2003.
• "Without Moi, Anything is Possible!" Or is it? The Possibilities of the Post- Moi Kenya, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2003.

Articles from E-Magazine:

• New Beginnings in Women Power, Evelyn Kamau, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 1, December 2004.
• Car Jackers strike twice, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 1, December 2004.
• Police prosecutors placed under Attorney General's supervision, CHRI, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 1, December 2004.

Articles from RTI Updates:

• Transparency International Kenya's news magazine Adili , three full issues to Freedom of Information:
  Issue 58, July 26, 2004.
• Issue 59, Aug 23, 2004.
• Issue 60, Sept. 27, 2004.

Bills/Laws/Acts from RTI:

• The Access to Information Bill 2000, International Commission of Jurists Kenya Chapter.
• Analysis of the Republic of Kenya draft Access to Information Bill 2000, developed by The International Commission of Jurists Kenya, Submitted by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, April 2004.

Articles from Police Reforms:

• A Question of Definition - Home-grown anti-terror Bill best option, Commentary, Story by Michelle Kagari, Daily Nation, 26 March 2004.
• The Police Force - Culture of impunity hindering reforms, Michelle Kagari, Daily Nation, 25 February 2004.
• Wake-Up Call - It's time for radical police reforms, Comment, Michelle Kagari, Daily Nation, 4 February 2004.
• Law Reform: An essential part of Police Transformation, The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, CHRI, Published in the East African Law Society Quarterly Magazine, December 2003.
• Little cause for the police force to celebrate, Special Report, Sunday Nation, 3 August 2003.
• Culture Change Must Follow Better Police Pay, Opinion, The East African, 11 August 2003.
• What's a Constitution Worth?: Bringing an Illegal Detention to Light, Joshua N. Auerbach, CHRI, Published in the New Vision Newspaper, Uganda, January 2003.
• Path to Reforms - Why police need policy on use of force, Comment, Michelle Kagari, Daily Nation, 6 November 2003.
• African nations keen to put their police forces into a more benign role, Flinders Journal No 10: June 23 - July 6, 2003, Flinders University, Australia.
• Kenyans crave an accountable service, Comment, Michelle Kagari, Daily Nation, 23 April 2003.
• You can't fight graft in secret, Comment, Michelle Kagari, Daily Nation, 17 April 2003.
• Lift ridiculous road-blocks to knowledge, Comment, Joshua Auerbach, Daily Nation, 6 June 2003.
• Anti-terror Bill an affront to human rights, Comment, Michelle Kagari, Daily Nation,18 November 2003.
• Campaign Against Enactment of the Suppression of Terrorism Act in Kenya, the Kenya Human Rights Network (K-Hurinet), 2003.

Reports from Police Reforms:

• Kenya Police in collaboration with Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Common Wealth Human Rights Initiative, National Stakeholders Workshop: Validation of Police strategic Plan, 25-26 March 2004.
• The Kenya Police Service Strategic Plan 2003 - 2007, A Commentary by Michelle Kagari - CHRI Coordinator for East Africa, Draft.
• The Kenya Police Service Strategic Plan 2003-2007, Draft 2, Kenya Police Force.
• Annexure I, CHRI submission to the Technical Working Committee I, Chapter 15, Defence and National Security Police Reforms in Kenya.
• Police as a Service Organisation: An Agenda for Change, Roundtable Conference on Police Reform in East Africa, A Report, CHRI, April 2003.

Publications from Police Reforms:

• Police Reforms in Kenya.

Useful Links

The Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group on Kenya General Election 27 December 2007 (Commonwealth Secretariat, 18 January 2008).