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online forum for public discourse with and feedback from the
Judiciary community. In securing Kenya’s judicial heritage, the
Council has engaged a consultant to support the reclaiming of
‘lost jurisprudence’ – past judicial opinions of great value in the
development and heritage of law but which have been omitted
from previous reports.
As a leader in the provision of public legal information, the Council
has democratized access to historical and current records of
the Kenya Gazette and Parliamentary Proceedings dating
as far back as 1901. It has also generated the first and most
comprehensive online database of Treaties and International
Instruments applicable to Kenya; and an online database of the
Laws of Kenya.
NCLR’s work has and continues to receive recognition around the
world. Notable awards bestowed upon it include:
1. The Technology in Government in Africa Award 2011: In 2011,
NCLR received this award at the Second Meeting of the Committee
on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-
II), a committee of the United Nation’s Economic Commission of
Africa (UN-ECA). This award, co-sponsored by the UN-ECA and the
Government of Finland, recognises African goverments’ effective
use of ICTs for public service delivery. The public service category of
the award recognizes outstanding achievements by organisations
or teams in developing and implementing innovative projects to
improve online government service delivery with a specific focus
on citizens or businesses as clients of government.
2. International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) 2011 Website
Award: NCLR received this award during the 30th Annual Course
on International Law Librarianship in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) on
December 12, 2011. The International Association of Law Libraries
(IALL) is a worldwide, cooperative non-profit organisation of
librarians, libraries, and other persons and institutions concerned
with the acquisition, dissemination and use of legal information
from sources other than their own jurisdiction. The IALL Website
Award recognises and promotes free legal information websites
that are authoritative, comprehensive, up-to-date, useful, and