Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Mar 4th, 2010
The First GPO Oulu, Oscar Kingara and Godwin Ogato Memorial Ceremony On Friday 5th March 2010
” Justice be our shield and defender. May we dwell in unity, peace and liberty” Kenya National Anthem
On 5th March 2009, two human rights crusaders, Mr. George Paul Oulu and Oscar Kingara of the Oscar Foundation and one innocent University of [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Mar 2nd, 2010
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF KENYA – WHY OMISSION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER?
Access to Justice for All Kenyans is a fundamental human right. For the poor Kenyans only the office of the public defender can help them access justice when they need to.
kituo Cha Sheria
28TH FEBRUARY 2010
Kituo Cha Sheria, the oldest legal aid and human rights [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 30th, 2009
Clarification by Cultural Survival: Ellen Lutz, Executive Director of Cultural Survival has
responded to Bilinda Straight’s earlier comments on their report in the following terms:
Given our shared commitment to the Samburu and other groups living in Northern Kenya,
I am deeply concerned that any antagonism — especially public — should emerge in our shared
determination to prevent terrible [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 30th, 2009
Researchers on Northern Kenya severely contest the Cultural Survival Report
to the UN Human Rights Council on the Samburu: The truth will only be known
by an Independent Investigation into the Violence in Northern Kenya
Researchers actively working with Samburu, Turkana, Pokot and other populations adjacent to
Samburu on topics directly relevant to issues concerning violence, health, [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 28th, 2009
See http://blog.marsgroupkenya.org/?p=1595 for Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People by the Government of Kenya: A report to the United Nations Human Rights Council submitted on November 1, 2009 By Cultural Survival
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 27th, 2009
Observations on the State of Indigenous Human Rights in Light of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Kenya
Prepared for
United Nations Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review
November 1, 2009
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival is an international indigenous rights organization with a global indigenous leadership and consultative status with ECOSOC. Cultural Survival, [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Sep 21st, 2009
We support Barrack Obama: Do not give Raila Odinga the Prime Minister of Kenya the time of day. The message must be clear, its good governance and account to the people of Kenya now.
The message that Raila Odinga has no chance of meeting US President Barrack Obama is a clear [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Jul 31st, 2009
The International Community must immediately isolate Kenya’s Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga and their Grand Coalition Government. We Reject the Cabinet Statement of July 30, 2009 as yet another attempt to entrench Impunity in Kenya.
On 30 July 2009 The President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga held a [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Jun 1st, 2009
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE MESSAGE FOR MADARAKA DAY – 46 YEARS LATER IT’S NOT YET UHURU BUT CHANGE IS COMING.
Nairobi 1st June 2009
Summary: Madaraka was meant to;
- give Kenyans sovereignty over their political affairs and their resources
- give Kenyans a Bill of Rights to be enforced by an independent judiciary
- create a democratic, prosperous [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Governance, Government, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, elections on Mar 6th, 2009
MARCH 6, 2009.
Over the years, dating back to the pre-independence days and after, civil society activists have contributed tremendously to the liberation of Kenya, whether that liberation was from the colonial rule or the dark terror of one party state that was to engulf this country years later.
In fact, when politics got confined to those [...]
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