Transparent processes not only uphold rights; they also reduce disputes, improve accountability, and strengthen public trust in institutions.

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When both sides acknowledge and fulfil these responsibilities, it becomes easier to address emerging challenges, develop practical county-level ATI solutions, and create systems that genuinely reflect community needs.

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Citizens should recognise their right to seek and receive information, while public officials have a duty to provide it transparently, lawfully, and promptly.

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Access to information is a fundamental part of the human rights framework, and this year’s Human Rights Day theme, ‘Our Everyday Essentials,’ reminds us of its influence on daily life and its support for meaningful public participation.

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KI values this collaboration with the Kenya Prisons Service in strengthening access to justice, promoting a culture of constitutionalism, and ensuring respect for human rights principles.

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The upcoming clinic will focus on educating persons in custody about the Constitution, their rights and the criminal justice process.

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In Nairobi, riparian zones have been increasingly built over, and pollution from poor industrial and residential waste systems has severely damaged river ecosystems.

To celebrate this principle, Katiba Institute organised an essay competition on human rights, and this booklet features the most outstanding essays from the contest - katibainstitute.org/download/und...

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He also highlighted the fund’s history of resource wastage, which contradicts the constitutional principles of public finance.

The Court of Appeal will issue its judgment on 6 February 2026.

In defending the judgment, our counsel argued that the NGCDF undermines devolution, breaches the separation of powers, and assigns MPs functions beyond their legislative, representative, and oversight roles.

The Court ruled in favour of the petition and struck down the unconstitutional provisions. Katiba Institute’s counsel
Emily Kinama, represented the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya as the second interested party.

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These practices were argued to violate constitutional rights to culture, freedom from discrimination, food, and fair administrative action.

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Filed in 2022 by 15 small-scale farmers, the case challenged provisions of the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act (Cap 326) and its Regulations that criminalised seed saving and sharing of unindexed indigenous seeds.

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d) appropriate structures and mechanisms to eliminate electoral malpractice are put in place, including the safekeeping of election materials.

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(b) the votes cast are counted, tabulated and the results announced promptly by the presiding officer at each polling station;

(c) the results from the polling stations are openly and accurately collated and promptly announced by the returning officer; and

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