APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA 91. Two other issues have to do with the mandate of the Registrar of Political Parties in regard of information on the number of registered parties as well as on party finance. By late 2016, the two were subject of a High Court law suit instituted by Senator Kennedy Mong’are, seeking a declaration by the High Court to compel the Registrar, Ms. Lucy Ndung’u, to make public the actual number of registered political parties so close to the elections, and also make public the sources and quantum of funding of the parties and show cause why action had not been taken against parties that had failed to disclose such information. 3.3.2.1 Challenges 92. Challenges in this regard include how to improve on the management of ethnic and regional diversities and widespread perception of corruption while seeking to strengthen inclusionary practices and improve on the capacity of leadership for service delivery at the county level. 3.3.3 Recommendations of the Panel 93. The Panel makes the following recommendations: i) Further institutionalization and capacity building for county governments (Government, civil society organisations); ii) Creation and strengthening of the frameworks for civic education and public participation in, and interaction with, governance institutions, (Government, civil society organisations, the media); and iii) Strengthening of the autonomy and expansion in capacity of judicial, policing, oversight, regulatory, representational, advisory and other democratic institutions, including those of the media and civil and political society (Government, universities, IEBC, NPSC, NCAJ, professional associations of the media). 3.4 OBJECTIVE 2: UPHOLDING SEPARATION OF POWERS 3.4.1 Summary of Country Self-Assessment (CSAR) 94. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 underscores the principle of separation of powers between the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary supported by a system of checks and balances. | 82 |