The Place of the "Minimum Core Approach" in the Realisation of the Entrenched Socio-Economic Rights in the 2010 Kenyan Constitution

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dc.contributor.authorNicholas, Orago
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-07T12:22:23Z
dc.date.available2019-10-07T12:22:23Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe high levels of poverty, inequality and socio-economic marginalisation that bedevilled Kenya for generations led to a struggle for a new constitutional dispensation, which culminated in the promulgation of a new, egalitarian and transformative constitution in August 2010. This constitution entrenched justiciable socio-economic rights within an elaborate Bill of Rights. Though an important step in the process of the egalitarian transformation of the country, the challenge remains to transform these precepts into practice with their scrupulous implementation through legislative, policy and programmatic frameworks, as well as judicial decision-making. This article argues that, in order to achieve the intended egalitarian transformation, Kenya must adopt a strong interpretive approach, with sufficient foundational standards for the translation of these rights into tangible realities for Kenyans. Kenya must therefore explicitly adopt a minimum core approach for the realisation of these rights to transform them into practical realities for the poor, vulnerable and marginalised Kenyans.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOrago, NW. 2015.The Place of the "Minimum Core Approach" in the Realisation of the Entrenched Socio-Economic Rights in the 2010 Kenyan Constitution. Journal of African Law. 59/2, 237-270en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5011
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of African Lawen_US
dc.subjectCore approachen_US
dc.subjectKenyan constitutionen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economic rightsen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectCore obligationen_US
dc.titleThe Place of the "Minimum Core Approach" in the Realisation of the Entrenched Socio-Economic Rights in the 2010 Kenyan Constitutionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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