Annex 1 - Case Study Matrix 1
Results (outputs and outcomes)
Emerging issues/ lessons
• Building strategic partnerships with communities. KITUO cemented its partnership with community networks through the launching of four Community Justice Centres (Nyahuriaden, Nairobi Devolved Funds Watchdog (NDFW), KICODI and KCBO-Net).
• In the absence of baselines and an evaluation, it’s not possible to establish to what extent the programme has impacted on poverty and enhanced access to justice among the target group.
• Improved self-representation with a focus of creating a critical mass of Kenyans as drivers of change. • Publication and dissemination of policy and legislative briefs such as, working with Housing Coalition members to develop a simpler version of Kenya’s First Report on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. • Enhanced inmates’ right to participate in referendums emanating from a case at the Shimo la Tewa Justice Centre that set off Public Interest Litigation.
• Community Justice Centres have had a positive impact in the areas of operation: However, overall access to justice is still a challenge for the rural poor. Many of the centres are urban and cannot easily be accessed and also continue to apply traditional legal aid approaches that require clients to come to the legal aid clinic instead of working where the communities are located. • A number of challenges exist including the slow pace of national reforms, insecurity and threats to the lives of human rights defenders, and the activities of political agents who continue to cause endless wrangles that hinder the reform process.
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