Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Kenya (Ratification: 1990)

Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report received in September 2010. The Committee notes with interest that the National Labour Board was constituted in November 2008 and had its first meeting in April 2009. The International Labour Standards Committee is one of the committees of the Board. The Government indicates that the Board discussed the unratified ILO Conventions in its third meeting held on 30 March 2010. The Conventions presented for discussion were: the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), the Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168), the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183), the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184), the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187), and the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188). The Board referred the matter to the International Labour Standards Committee to study and make appropriate recommendations before presentation to the Board in its next meeting. The Committee invites the Government to include information on any follow-up to the recommendations of the International Labour Standards Committee of the National Labour Board concerning the prospects of ratification of the abovementioned Conventions (Article 5(1)(c)).

The Committee further notes that the protocols adopted at the 82nd and 84th Sessions and all the other instruments adopted by the Conference from 2000 to 2007 were submitted to the National Assembly on 13 September 2010. The Government also intends to forward the instruments referenced in the preceding sentence to the National Labour Board. The Committee also invites the Government to communicate any proposals which may have been made by the National Labour Board regarding these instruments (Article 5(1)(b)).