Current information on the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP), including membership cards and or other documents through which a DP membership can be verified; location of its head and other offices and whether ordinary members are questioned/harassed by authorities [KEN37669.E]

For information on the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP), including its head and branch offices location, its organization chart, its constituencies and its constitution, please see attachments from the party Web site http://www.dp-kenya.org.

Article 3 of the constitution refers to the party membership.

Information on the treatment of DP's ordinary members by Kenyan authorities could not 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.

Reference


Democratic Party of Kenya. N.d. "Democratic Party of Kenya." http://www.dp-kenya.org [Accessed 11 Sept. 2001]

Attachment


Democratic Party of Kenya. N.d. "Democratic Party of Kenya." http://www.dp-kenya.org [Accessed 11 Sept. 2001], p. 64.

Additional Sources Consulted


No response to a 12 September 2001 letter sent to the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) e-mail address has been received yet.

Africa Confidential 2000-2001.

Africa Research Bulletin 2000-2001.

Country Reports. 2001.

IRB Database.

Jeune Afrique/L'Intelligent 2000-2001.

Kessing's Records of World Events 2000-2001.

LEXIS/NEXIS.

Resource Centre country file. Kenya 2000-2001.

Web sites, including:

Amnesty International.

All Affrica.com.

Human Rights Watch.

Immigration &Nationality Directorate (IND), UK.

ReliefWeb.

Search Engines, including:

Fast.

Google.

Lycos.