Uphold the constitutional rights of all Kenyans irrespective of religion

Folks in the government seem determined to chip away our constitutional rights. Some of these attempts were sneaked into the security amendments laws, now the subject of a court hearing.

Hopefully, the courts will throw out clauses that undermine the Constitution on citizenship and other basic rights. But even without these amendments, some government institutions are acting in blatant disregard of the law. In its 2015 annual report released this week, the respected Human Rights Watch warned that the government ‘needs to find lawful ways to address the country’s growing security problems’ rather than use ‘tactics that lead to abuse of the basic rights of the people’.