[{"bbox": [81, 146, 1167, 966], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>institutions in change management. It will consider gender, human rights, integrity as crosscutting themes.</td></tr><tr><td>Legality and regulatory aspects</td><td>Risk 7: Financial limitations to ensure sustainability of some of the interventions in light of reduced funding for the criminal justice system</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>The action will finance capacity building mechanisms that can be maintained by the Government's budget beyond lifespan of the action, without implying extra technical assistance financing.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Risk 8: Security</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>There are security risks in some of the focal counties. Failing to address the rule of law and access to justice in these areas would further increase insecurity in Kenya and contribute to a breakdown in the rule of law. In addition, EU will continue supporting initiatives in the field of security, notably on preventing and countering violent extremism.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment</td><td>Risk 9: The COVID-19 pandemic and related travel restrictions will limit the possibility of direct engagement with counterparts</td><td>Low</td><td>Low</td><td>It is expected that by the start of the action Kenya's Covid-19 vaccination plan has progressed well and travel restrictions have eased. However, in case the event of temporary restrictions, experience from PLEAD I has shown that implementation can continue with the assistance of countermeasures (eg. online meetings).</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 968, 252, 991], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [92, 1012, 1161, 1182], "category": "Text", "text": "Despite the numerous critical challenges faced by the Kenyan justice sector, it must be recognized that changes are currently taking place within the sector through numerous fundamental structural reforms. A lesson learnt from the implementation of PLEAD I is thus that coordinated integrated and comprehensive interventions are more likely to produce the critical mass required to support justice sector reforms. This notion can help address major public policy challenges on how best to support sustainable change in the justice sector, including the fight against corruption, and facilitate transformational change."}, {"bbox": [92, 1196, 1161, 1424], "category": "Text", "text": "Another notion acquired through the implementation of PLEAD I is that effective coordination of the justice sector will be expedited through the addition of national partners, namely EACC, NPS, DCS and KPS. Existing bottlenecks, such as limited cooperation between police and prosecutors, need to be resolved to enable extensive criminal justice reform. It is as well vital to include prisons to allow the action to focus on preventing recidivism and ensuring that prisoners who no longer need to be there are released, through measures such as parole. Moreover, it is necessary to work with the police and DCS to enhance efficiency at the beginning stages of the process and thereby reduce the amount of time that offenders, and in particular young offenders, are awaiting trial as well as pre-trial detention. Accordingly, it is necessary to increase the reach of the action to embrace the entire justice chain."}, {"bbox": [92, 1437, 1161, 1621], "category": "Text", "text": "The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the penetration of technology with far-reaching effects on people's lives. Technology is already playing a much vaster role in the justice sector's service delivery than prior to the pandemic. Indeed, the use of technology allowed the justice sector to considerably mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and it is foreseen that its continued uptake and advancement will allow for great efficiency gains and improved access to justice in the coming years. This is also applicable to trainings, as evident by the development of e-courses for police officers which sought to address challenges related to the pandemic, with a special emphasis on human rights, and has already seen more than 22,000 enlisted officers."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 16 of 33"}]