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The Kenya NAP makes no reference to Information and communications technology (ICT) and electronics sector.

CHAPTER THREE: POLICY ACTIONS 3.2. Pillar 2: Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights  Policy Actions [Page 19] c) Human rights due diligence: Require businesses to identify their human rights impacts including through conducting comprehensive and credible human rights impact assessments before they commence their operations and continuously review the assessment to ensure that they prevent,…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.2 Kenya’s Experience with Business and Human Rights [Pages 6-7] To develop a sustainable and equitable extractive sector, these challenges must be addressed especially since they have a far reaching impact on human rights. There is need to embed international human rights standards early into the…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.7. Access to Remedy [Pages 14-15] Despite these legal protections, the community consultations conducted as part of the NAP process revealed structural and procedural barriers to access to remedy, including: iv.    There have been instances where human rights defenders who have lodged cases against businesses,…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.3 Land and Natural Resources [Page 7] The NAP consultations identified the following concerns related to land, natural resource development and business: […] 2.    Lack of guidance on community consultations in the context of natural resources governance resulting in inadequate participation of local communities in…

  CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.2 Kenya’s Experience with Business and Human Rights [Pages 5-6] Under the social pillar of the Vision 2030, Kenya aims to build a just and cohesive society with social equity in a clean and secure environment. The Key sectors under the social pillar namely: […]…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.6 Labour [Page 12] Article 41 of the Constitution of Kenya guarantees every person the right to fair labour practices, and confers specific rights on workers, employers and trade unions and employers’ organisations. Every worker is entitled to fair remuneration, reasonable working conditions, the right to…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.6. Labour [Pages 12-13] […] Other constitutional rights related to labour include Article 30 which prohibits slavery, servitude and forced labour and Article 27 which guarantees equality and freedom from discrimination, specifically including the equal rights of women and men to opportunities in the economic sphere…

The Kenya NAP makes no reference to the Finance and banking sector.

CHAPTER THREE: POLICY ACTIONS [Page 22] 3.2. Pillar 2: Corporate Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights Policy Actions b) Human Rights Policy commitments ii.    Encourage recruitment agencies to provide any required repatriation, legal and psychological support to migrant workers who have suffered or been subjected to abuse abroad;   CHAPTER FOUR: IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING [Page…

  CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.3 Land and Natural Resources [Pages 7-8] Additionally, Kenya has various laws and policies to ensure that communities hosting extractives projects benefit through revenues, employment of local people and utilisation of local goods and services. The NAP consultations identified the following concerns related to land,…

CHAPTER THREE: POLICY ACTIONS Policy Actions [Page 18-19]  b) Human Rights Policy commitments iii. Enforce compliance with human rights standards by State owned enterprises and other businesses that receive export credit and state support, including by providing access to remedy for human rights violations; […]   CHAPTER FOUR: IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING ANNEX 1: SUMMARY OF…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.3. Land and Natural Resources [Page 7] The country has made strides in the legal and policy protection of women’s property rights as relates to ownership, inheritance, management and disposal. The 2009 National Land Policy amongst other provisions cites the need to protect women’s right to…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.2 Kenya’s Experience with Business and Human Rights [Pages 5-6] Key business and human rights concerns in Kenya revolve around workplace rights, local communities and business relations, human rights and sustainable land use, human rights and sustainable environment and human rights and small- and medium- sized…

The Kenya NAP makes no reference to Development Finance Institutions.

The Kenya NAP makes no reference to Data Protection & Privacy

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.4 Revenue Transparency [Page 9-10] Tax justice and the regulation of financial behaviour of companies can no longer be treated in isolation from the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, outlined in the UNGPs and business commitments to support the SDGs. Indeed, the SDGs include specific…

CHAPTER TWO: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS 2.4 Revenue Transparency [page 9] [T]he NAP consultations identified several challenges that affect revenue transparency: Corruption in the process of revenue collection and the management of public revenue. Stakeholders identified corruption in the business licensing process, the process of tax collection and public procurement attributed to…

  The Kenya NAP makes no reference to the Construction sector

I. CONTEXT (…) Strategy “Commitment for the future of Colombia” [“Compromiso por el futuro de Colombia”] Job creation: the government seeks increasing employment through a strategy that combines support to Small and medium enterprises (which generate around 90% of employment in the country), acceleration of infrastructure projects, incentives to orange economy [economía naranja] projects_, development…