Economic, Social and Cultural Rights(ESCR)

The practice of cattle rustling remains a major cause of insecurity and conflict amongst the pastoral communities in Kenya. The recent upsurge of incidents of cattle-rustling has been greatly facilitated by the ready availability of small arms and light weapons in the cattle-rustling prone areas. The increased use of weaponry in cattle rustling by the pastoralist communities has grown to become a daunting security threat to the lives of the pastoralists and also a key threat to the core of their livelihoods, which is anchored on ownership of large herds of livestock.

A Critique of the Interim Report Task Force on the Devolved Government (TFDG) prepared by the Centre for Democracy and Good Governance(CEDGG),

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The Study, ‘Harmonization of Decentralized Development in Kenya: Towards alignment,citizen engagement and accountability’ results from partnership between Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and Social and Public Accountability Network (SPAN) to work together to strengthen the decentralization paradigm in Kenya.

The development and trade relationship between the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the European Union (EU) is currently regulated by the Cotonou Partnership Agreement which was signed on 23rd June 2000 and came into force on 1st April 2003. It replaced the Lomé Conventions which had regulated the ACP-EU relationship for over 25 years.

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) in November 2006 carried out an informal investigation into labour issues in the tea sector in Kericho. This informal study placed emphasis on large scale tea estates – James Finlays and Unilever Tea Kenya – which are primarily foreign owned. The team of KHRC staff held group discussions with 8 workers in the tea estates. During the group discussions, the workers spelt out a range of violations that they experienced in their places of work.