Constitution & Reform Education Consortium

CRECO, undertook a study to map out the incidences of violence as has been witnessed in the recent past in order to develop a basis for monitoring and carrying out other actions by different actors that are hoped to culminate in building a culture of peace in Kenya. Indeed this study is a critical but first step in the process. The report is referenced to march 31st 2012

Our key findings indicate that we generally have higher incidences of violence in a majority of the counties. The attendant factors for the ratings include ethnic intolerance, border conflicts, political party zoning, competition over land and other resources, proliferation of small arms, weak security and poverty. These factors cannot be treated in isolation, and some are more significant in certain counties than in others Click here to download the report

CRECO is implementing a project titled “Strengthening Local Democracy through Effective Local Organizations” with assistance from CIDA – Canada.  The project is being undertaken with the aim of improving accountability in the health and education services at the local level.

Towards the end of the year 2011, CRECO in collaboration with seven members from the counties of Garissa, Kisumu, Makueni, Kitui, Baringo, Nairobi and Marsabit embarked on undertaking a Baseline Survey with the aim of establishing the status of delivery of services in the sectors of Education and Health and disseminate the findings to the relevant stakeholders.

The Baseline Survey involved undertaking of research, focused group discussions and interviews with key stakeholders in Government, Civil Society Organizations and the Public.

CRECO shared the findings of the report with its members, partners and stakeholders and medi. The launch of the Baseline Survey Report was held on 27th March 2012, at Hilton Hotel, Ivory Room from 8.30 a.m. – 10.00 a.m The Chief Guest was the Acting Canadian Commissioner

Constitution and Reform Education Consortium (CRECO) held a press conference sharing on the findings of the TJRC process as it had engaged in the monitoring of the process through its member organisations. The process is coming to a conclusion with the commission having completed hearings in 7 regions, North Eastern, Eastern, Nyanza, Rift valley, Western, Central and Coast region. Thematic hearings were still ongoing in Nairobi and it was therefore imperative that organizations that had been involved in tracking/monitoring/observing and or informing the process come together and share notes. It was important that this would inform further the final report and recommendations by the Commission. The need to inform reparation and other related Policies was key as mandated on the commission by the TJRC Act, 2008, Clause 6(k)(i).

It is on this note therefore that Constitution and Reform Education Consortium, CRECO with support from ACT! (Formerly Pact Kenya) had convened a stakeholders’ platform to among other things:

• Share and interrogate key findings on the process by CRECO and other stakeholders who have been involved in this process
• Find a common position on the imminent report and recommendations by the Commission to be released by mid 2012 with a view to influencing the report

After the meeting with the stakeholders, CRECO issued a statement that was read to the media click here to download the Press statement.

Following the just concluded Confirmation Hearings at the International Criminal Court ( ICC) against the Ocampo six The Constitution and Reform Education Consortium (CRECO) held a press conference and called upon the President to require of both the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Honorable Uhuru Kenyatta and the Head of Civil Service Ambassador Francis Muthaura to resign from their positions in the Executive, in respect to Chapter Six, Article 73 (1) (a) which states that: An authority assigned to a State officer…is a public trust to be exercised in a manner that –

(iii) brings honor to the Nation and dignity to the office; and

(iv) promotes public confidence in the integrity of the office;

Download the statement here

The High Court has ruled that Kenya’s first General Election under the new Constitution will be held in March 2013, unless the grand coalition is dissolved.

The three-judge bench in the constitutional court ruled that elections can be held within 60 days after the expiry of current Parliament, which is January 14, 2013.

If the National Accord that forms the coalition is disbanded, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will fix an election date within 60 days

Download the Full ruling here:

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)on Monday 9th January 2012, launched a preliminary report on the creation of new constituencies and wards. Public hearings would be conducted in the next 21 days regarding the report as required by the Constitution.

Once released members of the public would have 21 days to give to the commission their presentations on the report vies can be send to memoranda@iebc.or.ke. Thereafter, the IEBC shall have 14 days to review the preliminary report considering the public’s input and submit the revised version to the Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The committee would, within 14 days, then table the revised report together with its recommendations for adoption by Parliament. Parliament would look at it within seven days and forward the report to the commission, which shall publish the names of the new electoral units in the Kenya Gazette within 14 days.

The report is expected to generate interest from the political class following controversies that marked an initial review of the constituencies contained in a report released in 2010 by the defunct Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC). The delimitation of boundaries will see constituencies in the country increase from the current 210 to 290.