Constitution & Reform Education Consortium

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

In a bid to meet its objectives, CRECO Secretariat established the Volunteer Service Scheme for purpose of building skills of promising young professionals interested in working for civil society organizations in the governance and democracy sector.  In this regard, CRECO Secretariat wishes to recruit an Intern for the Programmes Office to handle projects under its Strategic Plan 2011 – 2015 of Civic Engagement, Human Rights and Institutional Capacity Development.

For more information download the links below;

CRECO – Volunteer Vacancy

CRECO – Internship vacancy

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.