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As part of our journey to achieving our vision, we have recently acquired new talent to join our board of directors to ensure the organization’s work continues to benefit from the skills, competencies and passion that the board members (Rukia Yassin Männikkö, Justus Nyang’aya, Samuel Gichohi, Hon. Justice Joel Ngugi, Professor Wambui Mwangi, Clement Mwangi, Esther Mwaura) bring to the work of CREAW.
A group of activists have moved to court seeking to have President Uhuru’s Kenyatta’s Cabinet, as currently constituted, declared unconstitutional.
The petitioners argue that the five women in a Cabinet of 23 members violate the constitution’s two-thirds gender requirement.
The petitioners, Marilyn Kamuru, Daisy Jerop and the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness, have sued the Attorney General and the National Assembly.
“The Cabinet is composed of 18 men and 5 women – 15 male Cabinet Secretaries, an Attorney General who is male and 5 female Cabinet Secretaries. The composition of the women in the Cabinet is only 5 out of 23, making their composition 21.7 percent of the total,” the petition says.
Article 152(1) of the constitution provides that the Cabinet comprise the President, the Deputy President, the Attorney General and not fewer than 14 and not more than 22 Cabinet Secretaries.
The Executive has previously argued that the president was not under strict obligation to observe the rule as per a Supreme Court ruling on the issue.
In 2012, the Supreme Court gave an advisory on the two-thirds gender rule following a request by Attorney General Githu Muigai.
The Supreme Court asked Parliament to put in place a framework for the realisation of the rule, adding that the two-thirds gender principle would be implemented progressively.
Last year, Parliament extended the passage of laws related to the two-thirds gender rule to August this year, due to time constraints.
The petitioner says the AG is being sued on his own behalf for failing to advise the President and the National Assembly of the constitutional requirement in regard to gender composition of the Cabinet.
“. . . and hence abdicating his constitutional mandate and on behalf of the President who has violated the constitution by conceptualizing, nominating, appointing and maintaining an unconstitutional Cabinet,” the petition reads.
The petitioners also want the court to declare that the National Assembly acted in violation of the constitution by approving the recent nominees for Cabinet Secretary positions.
They argue that MPs did this even “when it was clear that it would effectively result in violation of the rule of law and specifically Article 27(8) of the constitution”.
The petitioners argue that if the provisions of article 27 were to be complied with, and even assuming the female gender were to be the lesser represented in the Cabinet, it would follow that at least 33.3 percent of the membership of the Cabinet must be women.
“That would require that, at the least 8 women be members of the Cabinet. The converse would also apply if the male gender were to be the lesser gender represented in the Cabinet,” the petitioners argue.
They add that the President in nominating and the National Assembly in the process of approval were under a duty to ensure that no gender fell below 33.3 percent.
News Source: The Star, Kenya
“Tunza Afya ya Mama na Mtoto” Project was launched in Isiolo with the purpose of increasing coverage and quality of Maternal Neonatal Health services. The project will provide a platform for health rights bearers (i.e. the community ) and sensitizing them on the need to hold the duty bearers (i.e. Ministry of Health, county leadership) accountable on matters of budgeting, needs prioritization and health rights under MNH at all levels (from the policy level up to the facility level
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Nairobi – The High Court has refused to block the swearing in of new appointees to the Cabinet following an application by a human rights watch group.
The Centre for Rights Awareness and Education was denied the opportunity by Justice Joseph L. Onguto who stated that without first granting the Executive and National Assembly, who are named as respondents, a hearing, it would be impossible to grant the order.
The project aims to improve Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) for women and girls in Narok County by addressing the gender inequalities that are sustained by social norms, beliefs, attitudes and cultural practices. With these, the project will be able to address the barriers of service of utilization at health and reproductive facilities by women and girls.
The genderthonKE is an annual 12km marathon organized by CREAW and Athletics Kenya to raise awareness on gender based…
Posted by Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) on Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Tunza Mama Project was launched in Isiolo with the purpose of increasing coverage and quality of Maternal Neonatal Health services by Christian Aid Kenya and Centre for Rights Education and Awareness with the support from UKAid in Kenya.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CREAW is executively run by a distinguished Board of Directors. The Board is comprised of diverse professionals based around the world. CREAW is honoured to have such experienced, talented, and passionate professionals as part of the team, dedicating themselves to ensure CREAW maximizes its potential and successfully achieves its mission.
Ms. Rukia Yassin:- Chairperson of the Board
Over the last 12 years, her skills in strategic development, resource mobilization, research & evaluation, high quality writing and publications in the fields of HIV, Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights and Gender Based Violence, have enabled her to significantly contribute to interventions geared towards sustainable development in Africa and beyond. Ms. Yassin is currently a technical advisor based at Kenya’s Ministry of Health, where she is managing a Project on Sexual Violence Prevention and Response that is co-funded by the German Development Cooperation. During her free time, she enjoys working with young people by empowering and strengthening their potential in leadership and career development.
Justus Nyang’aya :- Vice Chairman
Justus is a strong supporter of Adventist youth and a human rights activist. He is and has been the Country Director for Amnesty International for over 6 years. He has vast skills in Organizational Development Peace and Conflict Transformation, Human Rights Leadership and governance, Rights Based Programming and Advocacy, Process facilitation, International Relations, Nonprofits Capacity Building, Policy Analysis, Research and Organizational Development.
Samuel Gichohi – Treasurer
Samuel has been involved in various high profile Privatization and Capital Issues during his tenure in the industry and has built extensive experience in the equities market research and analysis function. He currently works at NIC Bank as Securities Business Development Manager since 2012. His main roles are identifying new opportunities and developing innovative ways to improve NIC Securities customer centric service delivery model, developing sophisticated investor pools through implementation of sustainable investor education and asset allocation policies through personalized client relationship.
Clement Mwangi – Board Member
Clement has extensive experience in strategic and financial management of companies and is a skilled interpreter, translator, and developer of communications products for children. He earned Bachelors and Masters degrees in Finance, Banking and Insurance from the University of Nantes, France; and a subsequent Masters degree in Education and International Cooperation at Rene Descartes University (Paris V), France.
Since 2005, he has built varied experience as an independent consultant in Educational Planning, Translation and Interpretation.
Hon. Justice Joel Ngugi – Board Member
Justice Ngugi was appointed by the Chief Justice to head the Judiciary Transformation Secretariat which was responsible for implementing the Judiciary Transformation Framework 2012-2016. He was later appointed by the Chief Justice as the Director of the Judiciary Training Institute. Prior to joining the Judiciary, Professor Ngugi was based at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) where he had taught law since 2004.
Professor Ngugi has worked with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). He obtained a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Nairobi in 1996 then proceeded to the Kenya School of Law in 1997 for a Postgraduate Diploma in Law. He then went to Harvard University where he obtained an LL.M. in 1999 and an S.J.D. in 2002.
Justice Ngugi represents the Chief Justice in the Council for Legal Education (CLE).
Esther Mwaura – Board Member
Esther is a passionate and dynamic Senior Education Officer. Currently, she is working with the ministry of Environment, Water & Natural resources. She has in the past worked with the Ministry of Education where she maintained a high level of quality assurance in all education institutions in Embu County.
She was involved in capacity building of school managers, administrators and teachers. She has also been involved in enhancement of Guidance and Counseling, ensuring sound financial management as well as ensuring effective curriculum implementation in education institutions.
Professor Wambui Mwangi
Professor Wambui Mwangi attended Loreto Convent Valley Road and St. Mary’s School, Nairobi before graduating from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
She has post-graduate degrees from McGill University, Montreal, and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She has taught at Vassar College, New York and the University of Toronto. She has a passion for post-colonial theory and Kenyan political history. Her scholarly work, fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and photography have been published in various journals worldwide.
She is the Director of Generation Kenya and a member of Concerned Kenyan Writers.
Wangechi L. Wachira – Moegi – Executive Director, Ex Officio member and secretary to the board
Wangechi has over 10 years of experience in human rights, gender, development, and equity initiatives within civil society. She earned her B.A. in Social Sciences and Diploma in Cultural Tourism from the University of Nairobi. She has also engaged in various international training programs, such as the Training in Human Rights at the Raul Wallenberg Institute in Sweden.
Wangechi is the head of policies and systems, manages the day-to-day operations of the organization, serves as the professional advisor to the board ,recommends appropriate policy issues for the board’s attention, as well as implementing already adopted policies.