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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-10-21more like thismore than 2016-10-21
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
hansard heading Kenya: Human Rights more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of the human rights situation in Kenya. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Kennedy of Southwark more like this
uin HL2534 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-11-02more like thismore than 2016-11-02
answer text <p>​The UK recognises Kenya's commitment to human rights as set out in Kenya's 2010 Constitution and Bill of Rights, and demonstrated through its implementation of recommendations from its United Nations Universal Periodic Review in 2015.</p><p>We welcome recent reforms such as the announcement by President Kenyatta on 24 October that all death sentences have been commuted to life terms. We encourage the government to take steps formally to end the death penalty in Kenya.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-11-02T17:01:34.127Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-02T17:01:34.127Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark more like this