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82 State of Judiciary 2011-2012
MINISTRY OF
LABOUR
The Industrial Relations Department has
conducted 36,679 workplace inspections
and prosecuted over 400 cases
Promoted industrial peace through
resolution of labour disputes
Upheld International Labour Standards
through timely submission of ILO reports
Established the National Labour Board and
Wages Council Drafted the Child Labour,
Wages and Income and Social Protection
Policies
Limited resources allocation
resulted in inadequate human
resources, low capacity (95
labour officers against authorized
capacity of 279) to conduct
workplace inspections and
resolutions of disputes
Failure to fully process pending
workmen’s compensation
Inadequate physical
infrastructure and working tools
Inadequate policy, legal and
institutional framework
Limited public awareness
strategies
Untimely conversion of ISO
Standards
The ISO Standard was changed
from ISO 9001:2000 to ISO
900:2008 forcing the Ministry to
restart the process
Implement joint NCAJ resource
mobilisation and budgeting strategies
to enable the recruitment of more
staff and procurement of physical
infrastructure and working tools
Implement legal and institutional reforms
such as the enactment of the Micro and
Small Enterprises Bill
Create a comprehensive database and
information management system on
Micro and Small Enterprises
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PROBATION
& AFTERCARE
SERVICES
DEPARTMENT
Developed a web-based integrated
offender information management system
to ease data capture, storage, sharing and
retrieval
Collaborated with the Kenya Law Reform
Commission & other stakeholders to:
Address victims’ concerns about pre-trial
detention
Draft bills and policies including the Victims
of Offences Bill & the Bail Information &
Supervision
Collaborated with the National Community
Service Orders Programme to promote
prisons decongestion by the reviewing of
the sentences of 6422 convicted prisoners
between August 2011 and June 2012
Expanded and modernised Probation
Offices countrywide
Established new stations in Mbita Suba,
Mpeketoni, Kyuso, Tana Delta and Kakuma
Anachronistic statutes and
policies
Limited application of
alternatives to imprisonment due
to
Low referrals of cases by the
Courts for Probation Service
intervention and the courts
declining nearly 13,000 offenders
the option of Community Service
Orders
Poor resource allocation has
resulted in limited; limited
recurrent budgets for the
operation of non-custodial
options
Lack of transport to facilitate
court inquiries & offender
supervision
Lack of training for community
supervisors & volunteer probation
officers
Hindrances to compliance with
court orders
Enact the Victims of Offences Act & the
Bail Information and Supervision Act
Amend the Probation of Offenders Act,
and the Community Service Orders Act
Enhance collaboration between the
Judiciary, National Community Service
Orders Programme and Kenya Prisons
Service
Implement joint NCAJ resource
mobilisation and budgeting strategies
Exercise strategic interventions in
resources sharing
Allocate resources for the recruitment
of probation officers in tandem with the
number of magistrates and courts
Organise training of probation officers
& other community supervisors to instill
confidence in the effectiveness of noncustodial
sentences