Policy Papers
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2024-03-28T06:00:23ZTharaka Nithi County ICT Policy 2023
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Tharaka Nithi County ICT Policy 2023
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become the backbone of day-to-day operations in all organizations. The County Government of Tharaka Nithi is not an exception. While the management of Tharaka Nithi County Government recognizes this fact, organizations all over the world are faced with the challenges of ICT security and establishment of acceptable use of ICT as well as legal compliance.
This document therefore aims to assist the County Government of Tharaka Nithi in the management of Information Technology. Information Technology is a very dynamic sector and new technologies are being developed every minute of everyday life. It is therefore imperative the County develops the ICT policy to help in managing Information Technology trends, the policy should focus on the mandate and the strategic Plan of the County.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTharaka Nithi County Gender Mainstreaming Policy 2021
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Tharaka Nithi County Gender Mainstreaming Policy 2021
Equal participation and involvement in development is key to national development.
An increase in access and equity in development opportunities for both females and
males is critical to socio-economic growth and productivity, increased individual
earnings and, subsequently reduced income inequalities and the reduction of poverty.
Equal opportunities for development will contribute significantly to improved health,
enhanced democracy, good governance and effective leadership.
Gender mainstreaming is an internationally accepted strategy to promote sensitivity
and integration of gender issues and concerns that affect men and women. An
important strategy to bring about gender equity and equality through specific
interventions is to integrate gender in institutional policies. This will lead to a
transformation in which women and men’s concerns and experiences are an integral
part in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies,
programmes, activities and projects at all levels. Further, this will enable the needs,
concerns and experiences of both men and women to become centrally
institutionalized beyond projects and programmes to include systems, structures and
to ensure that all actors and stakeholders recognize and understand this strategy.
The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZTharaka Nithi County Anti-female Genital Mutilation Policy 2020
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Tharaka Nithi County Anti-female Genital Mutilation Policy 2020
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) or female circumcision referred in this policy as FGM is a persistent global problem. It is condemned internationally as violation of rights of girls and women. Its historic origin is unknown but it is said to have originated in ancient Egypt and Sudan. World Health Organization (WHO) defines FGM/C as ‘all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons’. WHO classifies FGM/C into four types: Type I – Clitoridectomy, Type II – Excision, Type III – Infibulation and Type IV – Other (including all other harmful procedures done to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes).FGM/C is practised in many countries in Africa and Asia, and in diaspora communities of America, Europe and Australia and New Zealand. UNCIEF database indicates that in Africa, FGM/C is as high as 98% in Somalia, 96% in Guinea, 93% in Djibouti, 91% in Egypt and 89% in Eretria, and as low as 27% in Senegal and 26% in Uganda. Kenya, the national prevalence of FGM was 21% in 2014 (KDHS, 2014), 27% in 2009 (KDHS, 2010) and 32% in 2003 (KDHS, 2003). FGM prevalence was found to be high among the Somali (98%), Kisii (96%) and Maasai (73%). In Embu the prevalence was 51%, Kalenjin (40%), Meru (40%), Taita (32%), Kamba (23%) and among Kikuyu (21%). However, there were variations across regions with North Eastern recording the highest (98%) and Western the least (1%).1
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