Reflections on the status of protection of the rights of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Kenya

Abstract

Commissioner Prof Marion Mutugi, Kenya National Commission
on Human Rights (KNCHR), Prof Ronald Chepkilot, Deputy Vice
Chancellor (Administration and Finance), Kabarak University, Dr
Harun Hassan, Executive Director, National Council for Persons with
Disabilities, Dr Bernard Mogesa, Secretary, KNCHR, Dr Julius Ogato,
the Chief Executive Officer, Mathari National Teaching and Referral
Hospital, Mr William Aseka, Programme Manager - Africa, Validity
Foundation, Representative of the Kenya Prisons Service, Nakuru, Mr
Henry Opondo, Chairperson of the Law Society of Kenya, Nakuru
Chapter, Representatives of civil society organisations working in the
area of mental health rights, faculty and students of Kabarak University,
esteemed guests, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.