Kamukunji Paralegal Trust (KAPLET) - Kenya

Quick information guide

Kenya Government’s leads by example in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It has established a Women Enterprise Fund

Aim:

to provide accessible and affordable credit to support women start and/or expand business for wealth and employment creation.

Loans provided by the Fund:

Constituency women enterprise scheme
LPO Financing
Bill bond Financing; and
Sacco lending

Other services:

Capacity building
Market support; and
Linkages

Contacts.

Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs.

Directorate of Youth Affairs.
P.O. Box 34303-00100.
Nairobi-Kenya.
Harambee House,
Harambee Avenue

Empowernment Programmes for Women In Kenya

In Kenya, the population of people living below the poverty line has declined from 46.8% in 2005/06 to 36.1% in 2015/16, according to the 17th edition of the Kenya Economic Update.

Women in the Kenyan contribute significantly to the economy of the country both directly or indirectly and therefore stirring up the economy out of such a high poverty index would need measures put in place for economic empowerment of Kenyan women.

The government of Kenya has established funds and policies such as the 30% procurement allocation for all government tenders so that more women may have an entry chance in such a competitive space. Private Sector Organisations have also set up programmes to empower women.

Kamukunji Paralegal Trust (KAPLET)

KAPLET fights for a justice that empowers and dignifies individuals, especially the marginalized groups in Kenya.

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List of services provided by KAPLET

Women Empowerment Programmes- Through this program, KAPLET undertakes the following community development initiatives:

Small & Medium Entrepreneurs initiatives (table banking)
Capacity building training of women on topics that touches on girls and women’s rights.
Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights Advocacy; and,
Dissemination of information on women issues.

Community Paralegal Training- This program equips community participants (especially the poorest slum dwellers) with skills and knowledge on human rights, laws and legal procedures that are essential in human rights advocacy work.

Civic Education and Legal Advise- Under this program, KAPLET applies both right based approach as well as evidence based approach on both manmade and natural disasters towards alleviating human sufferings. Activities undertaken by KAPLET in this case includes:
1. Opening up of intern/volunteer opportunities
2. Baseline survey on the most affected population
3. Resource (finance) mobilization
4. Emergency relief operations (distribution of basic goods and services)
5. Community sensitization on steps and importance of public participation
6. Advocacy
7. Monitoring & Evaluation; and,
8. Reporting back to both the beneficiaries and to other project partners.

Legal First Aid Program- This program entails: legal advice of clients on applicable laws on their cases, cases documentation, drafting of simple legal documents such as: statement of defense, affidavits, plaint, petitions, last statement of will and simple agreements of which majority of poorer Kenyans are unable to draft due to high rate of semi illiteracy and ignorance of the law in the slums. Under this program, KAPLET also provides alternative dispute resolution services through mediation and referrals of various kinds of cases from the communities or villages to our networking partners for necessary legal redress or assistance. Disputes that can be settled outside court are mediated by skilled human rights defenders who are trained community paralegal workers.

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