East African Centre for Law and Justice (EACLJ) - Activity Report for May 2010

The month of May saw the East Africa Centre for Law and Justice (EACLJ) conduct civic education ahead of the August 2010 referendum on the new constitution in Kenya. The main aim of the civic education was to educate Kenyans on the contents of the draft constitution and empower them to make informed decisions as they cast their votes to make it the law of the land in August. The EACLJ stands on the No side (those who reject the draft constitution and would not vote for it) because it has contentious issues that were raised by church leaders; and the committee of experts who were tasked with the work of drafting the document chose to ignore the church leaders voices. The church is against a clause that, if passed, could easily legalize abortion and another one that includes Islam in the judiciary, which is an arm of the government. This contradicts the governments stand that all religions shall be treated equally. The government agrees that the document has flaws and is convincing ... Continue Reading