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84 State of Judiciary 2011-2012
MINISTRY
OF JUSTICE,
NATIONAL
COHESION &
CONSTITUTIONAL
AFFAIRS
Oversaw reforms identified under the Kenya
National Dialogue and Reconciliation
process including work by the Truth
Justice and Reconciliation Commission
(TJRC); National Cohesion and Integration
Commission (NCIC), and the defunct Interim
Constitutional Dispute Resolution Court
(ICDRC)
Developed the National Values and
Principles of Governance Policy; National
Cohesion and Integration Policy; Policy on
Human Rights, and the GJLOS overarching
sector policy has been finalised and
approved by cabinet for implementation
Facilitated the enactment of over 30 laws to
implement the Constitution
Developed civic education programmes
for the civil service and general public and
contracted 36 multi-sectoral organisations
for implementation in collaboration with
Kenya National Integrated Civic Education
Programme
Collaborated with the Kenya National
Commission on Human Rights to develop
the National Policy and Action Plan on
Human Rights in Kenya
Developed Legal Aid Awareness pilot
schemes at the Nairobi High Court Family
Division; the Nairobi Children’s Court;
the Mombasa Capital Offences; Kisumu-
Paralegal Advise Office; the Nakuru
Children’s; and the Moi University Law Clinic
(Eldoret)
Continued implementation of the GJLOS
Policy for justice sector reform
Inadequate resource allocation
to justice sector institutions
resulting in limited human,
technical and financial capacity
to implement reforms as well as
poor retention and attraction of
highly qualified personnel due to
unfavourable Terms of Service
New and emerging crimes for
which there are no resources
to recourse, such as money
laundering; cyber crime; human
trafficking & piracy
Increase resource allocation to improve
terms of service for justice sector
agencies
NCAJ to accelerate the enactment of
the following:
Office of the Attorney General Bill, 2012;
The Officer of the Director of Public
Prosecution Bill; The Kenya Law Reform
Commission Bill; The National Coroners
Service Bill, 2012 and the Private Security
Industry Regulation Bill
Operationalise the Ethics and Anticorruption
Commission