Kenya Human Rights official and activist based in Nakuru County Vincent Mutyiso has urged State and other stakeholders to educate Kenyans on key matters of laws found in the constitution for them to understand better their constitutional rights.
Mutyiso observed this on Friday at the burial ceremony of a former Law Society of Kenya official Isaac Kamau at the Nakuru North Cemetery in Nakuru town.
According to the activist many ordinary Kenyans are not familiar with constitutional provisions that affect their day to day life activities and encounters, hence they are likely to abused or break the law unknowingly.
He charged that the Constitution Implementation Commission, The Law Society of Kenya, Parliament committees on constitution, the judiciary and civil society are mandated to educate Kenyans on law matters urging that many did not read and understand the new constitution.
“The government should not assume that Kenyans are aware of the new constitution’s provisions. When it published copies and distributed them to Kenyans that did not mean that citizens read and understood the constitution. A lot should be done by people directly or indirectly involved in law matters,” observed Mutisyo.
The activist argued that many Kenyans live in the dark concerning laws of the country and risked their rights being abused on social and economic issues and finding themselves on the wrong side of the law which according to him could turn out to be costly.