Constitution

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Has The Ten Years Of The 2010 Constitution Improved The Lives Of Persons With Disability?

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Has The Ten Years Of The 2010 Constitution Improved The Lives Of Persons With Disability?

The former Kenyan constitutional dispensation made no mention of persons with disabilities. The 1963 Constitution outlawed discrimination on various grounds such as race, tribe, colour but omitted discrimination on the basis of disability. This evidences the manner in which the previous legal system overlooked the rights of persons with disabilities. However, other sectors made efforts in championing for these rights. For instance, 1980 was declared by the government as the National Year for People with Disabilities to promote the awareness and sensitization of their rights and needs to the wider society

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The Constitution Just Turned 10! What Do The Kenyan Youth Have To Show For It?

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The Constitution Just Turned 10! What Do The Kenyan Youth Have To Show For It?

The youth-related provisions in the current Constitution are far-reaching. Notably, it substantively mentions the word ‘youth’ nine times. The Constitution in Article 21 acknowledges the youth as a vulnerable group in the society. Under Article 27, it recognises age as one of the bases in which discrimination by the state or individual is prohibited. This is a development from the former Constitution as above-mentioned, as it left out age from its anti-discrimination clause.