Access to justice in Kenya

The purpose of this study was to analyze the contextual factors limitingmarginalized persons to access justice in Kenya, with a view to recommend policystrategies which can be used to improve the implementation of the Bill of Rights,particularly the right to administrative action. The following questions are answeredin this study: 1) What is the socio-cultural, economic, and political context ofimplementation? 2) How was the implementation process conducted? 3) What are thecontextual factors limiting marginalized persons to access justice? 4) What policystrategies can better improve the implementation of the Bill of rights?||This was a qualitative study. Documentary research, Key Informant Interviewsand observation methods of data collection were used. Participants in the study wereindividuals with firsthand experience of the implementation process. Their livedexperiences while participating in the process of seeking justice served as the lensthrough which the reforms to provide access to justice were examined.||sults of the study show that implementation success was realized in thefollowing areas: 1) Taking the courts closer to the people