GEOGRAPHY

The Republic of Kenya is a country in Eastern Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border.
Kenya has considerable land area of wildlife habitat, including the Masai Mara. The "Big Five" animals of Africa can also be found in Kenya: the lion, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros and elephant. The environment of Kenya is threatened by high population growth and its side effects. As of July 2005, population was estimated at 34,707,817.

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

“Women represent 7.3% in politics.

Politics of Kenya takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Kenya is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, the NARC Government promised to focus its efforts on generating economic growth, combating corruption, improving education, and rewriting its constitution. Most of these promises have been met. There is free primary education. From next year, secondary education will be almost free, with the government footing all tuition fees. Under president Kibaki, the democratic space has expanded. The media is freer than before. Kenyans can associate and express themselves without fearing being harassed by security agents as it used to be the case during the Moi administration.

EASSI members are Centre for Women in Leadership, (CWL), which in early 2007 changed its name from Kenya Women Political Caucus and Women Rights Awareness Programme (WRAP). It focuses on the full potential of women and girls, in Kenya as leaders in every sphere be it politics, economics and otherwise. Based in Kenya’s busy capital, Nairobi, Center for Women in Leadership is very involved in the coming elections and has been at the forefront of fighting for a higher representation of women in politics and decision making.

WRAP seeks the protection of women and girls and has often intervened in legal issues where women have been caught in the unfair patriarchal system and often treated as second class citizens.