PRESS RELEASE

TUESDAY MARCH 31, 2020

ADVISORY ON CONSIDERATION OF THE WELFARE OF PERSONS IN VULNERABLE SITUATIONS, BY THE GOVERNMENT, IN ITS EFFORTS....

The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) is aware of the publication of The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by Honourable Jeremiah Kio....

Nominated Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) will now be paid mileage allowance at similar rates payable to their elected counterparts. In July this year NGEC won a protracted ....

NGEC savoured a well-deserved victory in a protracted legal battle pitting the Commission and the County Assembly of Nakuru, in Petition No. 1 of 2019 after the High Court in Na....

The Commission has kicked off a series of multisectoral consultations forums with the aim of enacting legislation on Article 100 of the Constitution of Kenya. Article 100 of the....

The Commission has launched a new strategic plan 2019-2024.  The Strategic Plan 2019-2024 sets an ambitious five point thematic areas matrix namely: compliance, monitoring ....

The Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Equality Now on a project dubbed, “Gender Justice: Driving SDG 5 Accountability in Kenya”.

The....

Persons with disability could soon start enjoying friendly and accessible public transport following a sustained campaign to mainstream disability in the entire public transport....

Suggestions to lower the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16 years met stiff opposition during a multi-sectoral consultative forum to discuss child welfare.  The Commissio....

The Commission will continue monitoring implementation of legal provisions, policy frameworks and initiatives that seek to ensure comprehensive integration of the principles of ....

The Commission has held high level talks with industry players in the transport sector in a bid to promote the development of a transport system that is inclusive and accessible....

Cabinet Secretary Ministry of public service, youth and gender affairs Prof. Margaret Kobia called for an alternative strategy in ensuring the realization of the not more than t....

Betty Sungura Nyabuto is now the substantive Commission secretary after taking oath of office in an  elaborate and solemn ceremony presided over by Chief Justice David Mara....

The Commission is calling on elected leaders at the county level to promote gender equality and inclusion of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in political decision making for the ....

The Commission attended the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of women at The UN General Assembly in New York where Commissioners participated in the expert group mee....

NGEC regional offices in Kisumu, Nakuru, Garissa, Kitui and Malindi offices stepped up their coordination activities with various stakeholders that saw them take lead in nationa....

After close to five years without a substantive Commission Secretary, the Commission has finally recruited Ms. Betty Sungura Nyabuto to head the NGEC secretariat following a com....

In keeping with tradition, the Commission took part in the 6th Annual Devolution Conference that took place in at Kirinyaga University Grounds in Kirinyaga University

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On February 27, 2019, the two thirds gender bill was lost following a quorum hitch in parliament despite sustained lobbying initiative to marshal the numbers. This was the fourt....

The Parliamentary departmental committee on labour and social welfare visited the Commission in a series of high level engagements strategy planned by the Commission. The Commit....