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KENYA COUNTRY of ORIGIN INFORMATION (COI) REPORT COI Service KENYA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION (COI) REPORT COI Service 25 February 2011 KENYA 25 FEBRUARY 2011 Contents Preface Latest News EVENTS IN KENYA FROM 24 JANUARY 2011 TO 25 FEBRUARY 2011 Useful news sources for further information REPORTS ON KENYA PUBLISHED OR ACCESSED BETWEEN 24 JANUARY 2011 AND 25 FEBRUARY 2011 Paragraphs Background Information 1. GEOGRAPHY............................................................................................................... 1.01 Map........................................................................................................................... 1.08 2. ECONOMY .................................................................................................................. 2.01 3. HISTORY (1963 TO FEBRUARY 2010) .......................................................................... 3.01 4. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (FEBRUARY 2010 TO JANUARY 2011) ................................... 4.01 Investigation of post-election violence................................................................ 4.01 New constitution..................................................................................................... 4.03 Security situation ................................................................................................... 4.05 5. CONSTITUTION............................................................................................................ 5.01 6. POLITICAL SYSTEM...................................................................................................... 6.01 Local administration .............................................................................................. 6.04 Political parties and leaders.................................................................................. 6.05 Human Rights 7. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................ 7.01 8. SECURITY FORCES ...................................................................................................... 8.01 Police ....................................................................................................................... 8.01 Witness protection................................................................................................ 8.14 Armed forces .......................................................................................................... 8.16 Human rights violations by government forces ................................................. 8.19 Arbitrary arrest and detention .............................................................................. 8.27 Torture and use of excessive force...................................................................... 8.30 Extra-judicial killings............................................................................................. 8.37 Avenues of complaint ............................................................................................ 8.46 Public Complaints Standing Committee............................................................... 8.55 Police Oversight Board ........................................................................................ 8.57 Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) .................................. 8.59 Impunity................................................................................................................ 8.61 9. CRIME AND SECURITY.................................................................................................. 9.01 Mungiki .................................................................................................................... 9.06 Police response.................................................................................................... 9.12 Other groups........................................................................................................... 9.16 10. JUDICIARY .................................................................................................................. 10.01 Organisation ........................................................................................................... 10.06 Independence ......................................................................................................... 10.08 ii The main text of this COI Report contains the most up to date publicly available information as at 24 January 2011. Further brief information on recent events and reports has been provided in the Latest News section to 25 February 2011. 25 FEBRUARY 2011 KENYA Fair trial.................................................................................................................... 10.10 Penal code............................................................................................................... 10.14 Code of criminal procedure................................................................................... 10.15 11. ARREST AND DETENTION – LEGAL RIGHTS .................................................................... 11.01 12. PRISON CONDITIONS ................................................................................................... 12.01 Voting rights ........................................................................................................... 12.06 Children in prison................................................................................................... 12.07 13. DEATH PENALTY ......................................................................................................... 13.01 14. POLITICAL AFFILIATION ............................................................................................... 14.01 Freedom of political expression ........................................................................... 14.01 Freedom of association and assembly ................................................................ 14.08 15. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND MEDIA ................................................................................ 15.01 Laws on press freedom ......................................................................................... 15.06 Print media .............................................................................................................. 15.09 TV/radio ................................................................................................................... 15.10 Internet..................................................................................................................... 15.12 Journalists .............................................................................................................. 15.14 16. HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS AND ACTIVISTS ..................................... 16.01 Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) ................................. 16.03 Human rights activists........................................................................................... 16.07 17. CORRUPTION .............................................................................................................. 17.01 Attempts to fight corruption.................................................................................. 17.07 18. FREEDOM OF RELIGION................................................................................................ 18.01 19. ETHNIC GROUPS ......................................................................................................... 19.01 Ethnic demography................................................................................................ 19.01 Discrimination and human rights violations ....................................................... 19.06 Response to inter-ethnic violence in 2007-2008 ................................................. 19.12 20. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PERSONS ............................................... 20.01 Legal rights ............................................................................................................. 20.01 Gay and bisexual men ......................................................................................... 20.01 Lesbians and bisexual women............................................................................. 20.07 Transgender, transexual and intersex persons ................................................... 20.08 Treatment by, and attitudes of, state authorities................................................ 20.10 Intersex persons................................................................................................... 20.14 Societal treatment and attitudes........................................................................... 20.16 LGBT organisations .............................................................................................. 20.26 21. WOMEN...................................................................................................................... 21.01 Overview.................................................................................................................. 21.01 Legal rights and government bodies ................................................................... 21.05 International instruments/conventions ................................................................. 21.05 Domestic law and government bodies................................................................. 21.06 Political rights......................................................................................................... 21.09 Social
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