KENYA'S STAKEHOLDERS' COALITION FOR THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW November 2nd 2009 Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The four year period between 2006 and 2010 within which Kenya is set to be reviewed has been a true test of the State’s promise to protect and uphold the human rights of every Kenyan. Preceded by heated political campaigns in 2006 and 2007, the bungled 2007 general elections resulted in violence with gross effects on individual and group human rights including loss of life, displacement, loss of property and livelihoods, suspicion and animosity between ethnic groups, compromise of institutional credibility and serious threat to the country’s nationhood. The National Dialogue and Reconciliation process initiated in 2008 resulted in the formation of a Grand Coalition Government and a comprehensive reforms agenda to address the root causes of the post-elections and other recurrent violence. Identified reforms include Constitutional, institutional and legal reform; land reform; addressing poverty, inequity, regional imbalance and unemployment, particularly among the youth; consolidation of national cohesion and unity; and transparency, accountability and combating impunity.