Coram Lady Justice Ngugi – presiding Judge Mr. Luseno for the petitioners Mr. Omwanza for the interested party (AIDS Law Project) and amicus curiae ( UN Special Rapportuer on right to Health ) Ms Kimani for the respondents After almost three years of waiting since three petitioners living with HIV filed a constitutional petition challenging [...]
ICASA 2011
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The International Conference on AIDS and STI’s in Africa (ICASA) is a conference that serves as an advocacy platform that provides a forum for exchange of knowledge, skills and consolidation of experiences and best practices in Africa and around the globe. ICASA was held on 4th – 8th December 2011 at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. [...]
Doha Declaration 10th Anniversary March
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On 14th December 2011, AIDS Law Project in collaboration with other civil society organizations marked the 10 year DOHA anniversary with a march. The CSO’s conducted peaceful march to deliver a memorandum to four key ministries including the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industrialization, Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Medical services. The key [...]
Is my HIV status confidential?
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Yes. The law protects confidentiality of your status. It is illegal for anyone- including your doctor, nurse- to tell your roommate, your boyfriend/girlfriend, your family, your employer, your landlord, or anyone else that you are HIV positive without your specific, written permission or consent. Moreover, the VCT centres use certain codes to record your test [...]
ALP Rolls Out Legal Literacy Training
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DATES: KIBERA AT SALVATION ARMY TRAINING CENTRE ON 5TH AND 6TH MAY 2011 and KARIOBANGI, 2nd and 3rd June 2011 With support through Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA), ALP rolled out legal literacy trainings in five informal settlement areas in Nairobi which include Kibera, Mathare, Kayole, Kawangware, and Kariobangi. ALP started by developed [...]
Life in Kariobangi North
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Kariobangi North is one of Nairobi’s informal settlements (slums) located approximately 15 kms from Nairobi city centre. It started as a result of the increasing population pressure for houses occasioned by the rural-urban migration in the 1980′s; it essentially grew after the adjacent Kariobangi South estate became fully occupied. A huge percentage of the dwellers [...]
Jacinta Nyachae Honoured
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The Executive Director of AIDS Law Project, Jacinta Nyachae is the recipient of the Mary Robinson Award for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights. The first Mary Robinson Awards for Young Women’s Leadership in Human Rights was launched on 12th July 2011, during the opening the 4th International Women’s Summit organized by the World Young [...]
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