Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2025, publiée 114ème session CIT (2026)

Convention (n° 105) sur l'abolition du travail forcé, 1957 - Kenya (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Article 1(a) of the Convention. Penal sanctions involving compulsory labour as a punishment for expressing political views. Political Parties Act. The Committee recalls that under section 4 (2) of the Political Parties Act, 2011, the Registrar shall not register a political party if the requirements of article 91 of the Constitution are not met, that is, if it is founded on a religious, linguistic, racial, ethnic, gender or regional basis. The Registrar shall also deregister a political party on the same grounds under section 21(1) of the Act. Where the registration of a political party has been cancelled, no person shall summon a meeting of its members or officers, or attend a meeting in the capacity of a member or officer, or invite persons to support the political party, etc (section 22(1)). Furthermore, according to section 46 any violation of the provisions of the Act is punishable with fines or imprisonment for a term of not less than two years. Under Rule 86 of the Prison Rules, imprisonment involves compulsory prison labour.

Noting the absence of information in the Government’s report, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of the above-mentioned provisions of the Political Parties Act, indicating whether any registration of a political party has been refused or cancelled on the grounds of article 91 of the Constitution, and whether any person has been convicted in the case of a deregistered political party whose activities are still being carried out by its members with an indication of the sanctions applied.