On January 24, 2019, the Supreme Court in a 4-1 majority decision, quashed a Court of Appeal decision that had found it discriminatory for church-sponsored schools to bar Muslim students from wearing the hijab and white trousers. This means, as it stands right now, schools have the prerogative to determine what students can or cannot wear as uniform, regardless of religious affiliation.
Amnesty International Kenya, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the International Commission of Jurists-Kenya Section, National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders and the Social Justice Centers Working Group have conducted and released this nationwide and independent public opinion poll on the state of human rights in 2018 using Twaweza East Africa’s Sauti za Wananchi survey platform.
Amnesty International Kenya calls upon the Government to acknowledge, interrogate and implement the findings and recommendations contained in the report released by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights on 29th November 2018.
PRIVATIZATION OF EDUCATION IN KENYA
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25th April 2018
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February 1, 2018.