cc Drawing upon the parallels behind Cambodia’s experience of the trial of members of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, Yash Ghai considers some of the lessons Kenya could learn in seeking justice around its post-election crisis. Following the collapse of the Khmer Rouge, the international community – primarily through the UN – played a central role in revitalising Cambodia’s economy and monitoring human rights. With corruption often entrenched and political players quick to interfere for their own benefit, Ghai discusses the inherent difficulty of ensuring the involvement of domestic legal figures without creating space for political self-interest.

We have three arms of government in Kenya:

1) The Executive
2) The Legislature
3) The Judiciary

These three arms of government are supposed to be independent, complementing each other in the functions of state.

The Executive is normally an elevation of members of the Legislature to new roles. You are voted in as a member of the house, get appointed to the cabinet, then join the president in the executive wing of government.

Those in the Executive are meant to execute the wishes of the Legislature. In Kenya, the Executive in most cases overrides the Legislature and oftentimes operates as if it is above the law.

CREAW is a non-governmental, non-partisan, membership organization based in Nairobi, Kenya. Our Vision is to realize a just and free society in which women and men have, exercise and enjoy equal, full rights and opportunities. CREAW's mission is to transform society by empowering and expanding new frontiers for Women's rights and freedoms. The organization also seeks to expand the legislative and policy framework through Lobbying and Advocacy for laws and policies that enshrine women rights whilst, its research and documentation work
lays a framework for more ground breaking interventions against gender based violence and discrimination.

HIV prevalence in Kenyan adults has remained relatively steady since 2003, at around 7%, according to a major national study presented to the Sixteenth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) on Wednesday. However, less than one in five HIV-positive adults were aware of their HIV status, and over half had never been tested for HIV at all.

The prosecution was on Thursday allowed to withdraw a case against seven journalists accused of taking part in an unlawful assembly. Prosecutor Capis Otieno, told Nairobi's Kibera senior resident magistrate Cosmas Maundu that he had been instructed by the director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Keriako Tobiko, to withdraw the case.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Professor Philip Alston, met with victims and survivors of the Mt.Elgon conflict. The civilian population in the area had been trapped between the violence of the Sabaot Land Defence Force (or SLDF) and a military and police operation within Mount Elgon's district.

I am disappointed that the Constitution of Kenya Amendment Bill 2009, which would have paved the way for the establishment of a Special Tribunal in Kenya, was defeated in Parliament yesterday. This development is a major setback to the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence (CIPEV).

This symposium will bring together students of media, journalism academics, communication professionals, civil society groups among others to discuss the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act, 2008 and Kenyan media reportage of it.

With the onset of multi-party democracy in Kenya, three of the four general elections conducted have resulted in a web of violence of an unprecedented scale, each seemingly surpassing the other. Taking the dimension of inter-ethnic struggles, they have not only been notable for their brutality, but also for the widespread internal displacement of civilians and destruction of property never seen since the days of colonialism. The election held in December 2007 was the latest, and led to an unprecedented process of national reconciliation and dialogue.

The Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, membership organization whose Mission is to transform society by empowering women and expanding new frontiers for women's rights and freedoms. Our Vision is to realise a just and free society in which women and men have, exercise and enjoy equal and full rights and opportunities. We are seeking the services of a researcher.

CREAW is a non-governmental, non-partisan, membership organization whose goal is to transform society by empowering women and expanding frontiers for women's rights and freedoms. CREAW aims at setting standards in upholding human rights and empowering society through civic education, legal advocacy and women's rights awareness. CREAW seeks to fill the position of Finance officer

CREAW is a non-governmental, non-partisan, membership organization based in Nairobi, Kenya. Our Vision is to realize a just and free society in which women and men have, exercise and enjoy equal, full rights and opportunities. CREAW’s Mission is geared to transform society by empowering and expanding new frontiers for women’s rights and freedoms. The paralegals responsibility will be to give limited assistance to clients. They will also help clients access the police, chiefs, write simple documents and hold monthly community forums.

As part of OSI, the International Women's Program (IWP) seeks to promote the advancement of women's rights and gender equality in law and practice. The mission of IWP is to use grant-making and programmatic efforts to promote and protect the rights of women and girls in priority areas around the globe where the principles of good governance and respect for the rule of law are absent or destroyed because of conflict. Reporting to the Director of IWP, the Africa Program Officer (Nairobi) will be responsible for facilitating the implementation of IWP's strategic plan for the region. The Program Officer will work jointly with the Program Officer for Africa and Director of Advocacy Projects based in New York.

CAFS seeks a dynamic and charismatic Director to be an ardent advocate, leader and champion of our work in training, technical services, and research. Our goal is to build and sustain human, institutional and program capacity for health and development in Africa with emphasis on population and development, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV&AIDS. Reporting to the CAFS Board, the Director is accountable for the overall leadership, executive management, strategic partnerships, and institutional success of CAFS, and for ensuring its efficient and effective operation. The position is based in the CAFS Corporate Head office in Nairobi, Kenya

Three Kenyan activists have been arrested and beaten by the Kenyan police after peacefully standing outside parliament. The three were among a handful of Kenyans hoping to grab the attention of Minister for Agriculture William Ruto and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to plead with them to act swiftly to prevent more deaths from starvation in the looming famine that is threatening 10 million Kenyans.

The minister of agriculture is facing a censure motion in parliament today for his role in the recent maize scandal where more than 1 million bags of maize from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) have disappeared. MP Dr Bonny Khalwale has moved the motion, accusing the agriculture minister of failing to give satisfactory answers over the disappearance.

cc. Caroline MoseBeginning by reviewing the circumstances behind Kenya’s 2007 post-election crisis, Caroline Mose discusses the role of an alternative radio station-led initiative in Nairobi to draw attention to the plight of the country’s internally displaced persons (IDPs). Underlining the social role of Hiphop as a tool of consciousness, Mose considers the significance of Ghetto Radio FM’s ‘Glass House' experience, a six-day event staged at Nairobi’s Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in which three radio MCs took turns to broadcast continuously with only a daily glass of carrot juice for sustenance. Highlighting the historical marginalisation of much of Kenya’s youth, the author emphasises the ability of the Glass House experience’s participants to force the government into direct contact with the country’s IDPs, and success in driving a conveniently-forgotten issue back into Kenya’s collective memory.

cc. Outlining the essential differences between sex and gender, Audrey Mbugua discusses the damaging general incomprehension of transsexualism within Kenyan society. Drawing upon personal experience of prejudice in the field of work and life at large, Mbugua states that transsexual people deserve the same respect and treatment as any other member of society, and urges those uneducated about transsexuals to think before opening their mouths.

cc. With the ‘Waki’ Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence identifying several politically-prominent figures in Kenya, Yash Ghai argues that the Kenyan people will increasingly regard their government as illegitimate if those responsible are not effectively brought to task. Contending that some form of international arbitration is required to make up for the deficiencies of Kenya’s domestic courts, Ghai considers the recommendations of the commission and the composition of a special tribunal, arguing that these will represent a key means of developing ordinary Kenyans’ trust and restoring the country’s international reputation.

Just a day after Kenyan MPs blocked government attempts to set up a local tribunal to try those who orchestrated the violence that rocked the country last year, mediator Kofi Annan says he will act in the "spirit, letter and intent" of the Waki Report, giving strongest indication poll violence suspects will now face justice at The Hague.

One confirmed case of cholera and 14 suspected cases have been reported in the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab, eastern Kenya – numbers that have the potential to spike as Somali refugees inundate already overstretched camps, say the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).