A/HRC/29/10 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its twenty-first session from 19 to 30 January 2015. The review of Kenya was held at the 7th meeting, on 22 January 2015. The delegation of Kenya was headed by Githu Muigai, Attorney General of the Republic. At its 14th meeting, held on 27 January 2015, the Working Group adopted the report on Kenya. 2. On 13 January 2015, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Kenya: China, Germany and Namibia. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Kenya: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation prepared in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/21/KEN/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/21/KEN/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/21/KEN/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America was transmitted to Kenya through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review (UPR). I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of Kenya, headed by Githu Muigai, Attorney General of the Republic, affirmed the commitment of Kenya to the UPR mechanism. The second review was particularly important because it provided an opportunity for States to account for the promises made during the first review. Kenya underlined the implementation of a number of the recommendations made in the first UPR review and that others were in the process of being implemented through policy development initiatives and programmatic interventions. 6. Kenya stated that, since the previous UPR review, it had promulgated a new and robust Constitution. The country has been in a period of constitutional and political transition, implementing the various aspects of the new Constitution through direct constitutional actions, mandatory legislative interventions, requisite policy development and institutional reforms. Despite those achievements, a number of challenges, such as poverty, corruption, terrorism and disease, continued to threaten the progress made by the Government. 7. Kenya emphasized that the holding of peaceful elections in March 2013 should be underscored, given that the previous elections had been fraught with violence and had almost tipped Kenya into an abyss of chaos. The elections were adjudged by many 3