APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
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As of 2016, there are 11 Huduma Centres across the major cities of Kenya, three of which
are in the capital Nairobi. The government plans to establish a Huduma centre in every
county. The programme includes also an online e-Huduma web portal to provide integrated
services offered by various government ministries, departments and agencies and a unified
and integrated Huduma payment gateway to facilitate ease of payment for government
services. Others are introduction of m-Huduma platform to offer government services to
citizens from their mobile phones and a Huduma call centre to provide customer service
using a single dialing prefix.
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Services delivered at Huduma centres include, among many others: Renewal of Drivers
licenses Status check, duplicate National Identity Card, NHIF Registration and Claims,
assessment and Payment of Stamp Duty – Lands, Search and Registration of Business
Names, Registration of Welfare Groups, Student Loan Application and Repayment Services;
Reporting Corruption, EACC Clearance Certificate; Status of Pension Claims; Kenya
Police Abstract, Public Complaints through the Commission on Administrative Justice
(Ombudsman).
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KNHRC has executed its mandate in a commendable manner and distinguished itself as
a beacon of vigilance for human rights monitoring. It has been accredited as an ‘A’ status
national human rights institution by the International Coordinating Committee of National
Human Rights Institutions (ICC) that is supported by the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights. The KNRC has worked actively and proactively with government
departments and civil society to address priority areas for human rights protection and
monitoring compliance by government. The establishment of an autonomous and effective
human rights institution is a sign of the commitment of the government of Kenya to meet
its international and national obligations towards the realisation of rights.
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Kenya National Human Rights on Commission protecting and promoting
the rights of Kenyans.
Gender-Based Violence Recovery Centres in major public hospitals
The concept of Gender Recovery Centres was started as an initiative of Nairobi Women’s
Hospital, a private hospital. The Ministry of Health working through public private
partnerships since 2007 has replicated this model in public hospitals regionally. Nairobi,
Mombasa, Nyeri and Kisumu referral hospitals have these centres. The centres are servicing
the regions around them and provide one stop services to SGBV survivors including medical
care services, psychosocial support and safe spaces, HIV Testing, post-exposure prophylaxis
and referrals to legal services as well as aiding in court preparations and watching briefs.
Women who cannot afford treatment utilise these services from trained health care workers,
with continuous care being provided in some instances.
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