Kenya: Information on the response of various levels of authority to allegations of spouse abuse, whether spouse abuse is subject to prosecution, and on the penal code provision that addresses the issue

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 May 1993
Citation / Document Symbol KEN14207
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Kenya: Information on the response of various levels of authority to allegations of spouse abuse, whether spouse abuse is subject to prosecution, and on the penal code provision that addresses the issue, 1 May 1993, KEN14207, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aab8a0.html [accessed 17 September 2023]
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Information on this specific subject is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa. A written request for information on the above-mentioned topics has been submitted to the High Commission of the Republic of Kenya in Ottawa and a Canadian professor at York University who has done a lot of research on women in Kenya. The information will be forwarded to you as soon as possible.

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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