16. The Kenya Vision, 2030 which is the development blueprint for the Government of Kenya has as one of its foundations the need to “enhance equity and wealth creation opportunities for the poor”. It recognizes that no society can gain social cohesion if significant sections of it lives in abject poverty and has for this reason included equity as a recurrent principle in all its economic, social and political programmes and underscores the importance of investing in; arid and semi-arid districts, communities with high incidence of poverty, unemployed youth, women, and all vulnerable groups. The Kenya Vision 2030 further outlines strategies aimed at moving the country towards substantive equality measures to support regions and groups which have been historically disadvantaged on account of region or status. Under the Vision, the Government established education centres of excellence in every constituency in the country. Furthermore, the Constitution has introduced the Equalization Fund which uses a formula based on levels of poverty to provide basic services such as water, roads, health facilities and electricity in the most marginalised parts of Kenya (Article 204) with the constitutionallyestablished Commission for Revenue Allocation is playing key roles towards this end. 17. To address the issue of stigma associated with HIV/AIDs- the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act was enacted in 2006 and became operational in 2009. This legislation lays down strict guidelines on confidentiality in treatment and proscribes hefty penalties where such rights are breached. It also addresses the right of access to health care, while outlawing any form of discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS in the workplace, at healthcare facilities, and in schools. It provides penalties in the event of such discrimination. The Act also established an Equity (HIV and AIDS) Tribunal (section 25) to determine complaints arising from complaints of breaches of this law. 18. The Uwezo Fund was established on 8th September 2013, with an initial budget of Kenya Shillings (KES) Six Billion (KES. 6,000,000,000/- Approximately USD 67,796,610/-). The objective of the Fund is to expand access to finance through grants and credit to promote youth and women businesses and enterprises at the constituency level, thereby enhancing economic growth towards the realization of the goals of Vision 2030; to generate gainful self-employment for Kenyan youth and women; and to model an alternative framework in funding community driven funding. Uwezo Fund is a revolving kitty, which guarantees KES 6 billion being set aside in every financial year. The Government through the Ministry of Devolution and National Planning released KES 5.35 billion (Approximately USD 60,451,977/-) out of the KES 6 billion that was approved by Parliament for the financial year 2013/2014. The Uwezo Board has already disbursed the funds to constituencies as stipulated in the Public Finance Management (Uwezo fund) Regulations 2014. The Government will offer capacity building training for all groups benefiting from the first phase of the KES 5.35 billion Uwezo Fund. 19. The 2007 Post Election Violence exposed the underlying challenges of inequality and the attendant tensions in the country. To build national cohesion and integration the Government enacted the National Cohesion and Integration Act No. 12 of 2008. The Act provides for the promotion of equality and harmonized relations in the society and outlines the measures that should be taken to tackle issues related to negative ethnicity and stipulates that all public institutions should not have more than one third of its employees from one community. It is therefore illegal for an employer to discriminate in the way he/she employs or offers terms of employment or dismisses staff or to discriminate in membership of organizations or discriminate the services or benefits a person can access as a member on ethnic grounds. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission oversees the implementation of the Act 9