Kenya: Haki na Ukweli; its activities; how it is treated by authorities; its lawsuit for the return of land in the Rift Valley to the Kikuyu
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 3 September 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | KEN39525.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Kenya: Haki na Ukweli; its activities; how it is treated by authorities; its lawsuit for the return of land in the Rift Valley to the Kikuyu, 3 September 2002, KEN39525.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4db97.html [accessed 25 May 2023] |
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According to a review published by Edinburgh University Press, a 1999 book on Kenyan multi-party politics states that, "Uhuru, Haki, na Ukweli" is a slogan of the political party called Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD) - Kenya (22 Mar. 1999). Although the book is considered by reviewers as "an encyclopaedic effort" and "the most detailed single analysis of Kenya's contemporary politics," the authors reportedly mistranslated the political slogan from Swahili to English (ibid.). According to the Edinburgh University Press review "haki means justice and ukweli means truth, not peace and prosperity" (ibid.). However, the authors were correct in their translation of the Swahili word uhuru which means freedom (ibid.).
The Democratic Party of Kenya also uses a Swahili slogan called "Umoja na Haki" (DPK n.d.). According to one source, the English translation of umoja is unity (DeProverbio.com n.d.).
No additional information on Haki na Ukweli could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Democratic Party of Kenya (DPK). n.d. "Welcome"
DeProverbio.com. n.d. Vol. 6, No. 1-2000. Joseph G. Healey. "Collection of, and Commentary on, 254 Sayings on East African Cloth (Misemo Kwenye Khanga za Afrika Mashariki)." According to its Website, DeProverbio was "[f]ounded in January 1995 as the world's first refereed electronic journal of international proverb studies" (n.d.) Edinburgh University Press (UK). 22 March 1999. Francois Grignon. "Multi-party Politics in Kenya: the Kenyatta and Moi States and the Triumph of the System in the 1992 Election; Review." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB Databases
NEXIS
People in Power
Political Handbook of the World
The World Almanac
Internet sites including:
Africa Confidential
AllAfrica.com
BBC Africa
Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC)
East African Standard
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
IRIN
The Nation
Political Resources
U.S. Department of State
World News.com
World News Connection (WNC)
Search engines including:
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