Human Rights in Kenya - Historical Situation

Historical Situation

The following chart shows Kenya's ratings since 1972 in the Freedom in the World reports, published annually by Freedom House. A rating of 1 is "free"; 7, "not free".1

Historical ratings
Year Political Rights Civil Liberties Status President2
1972 5 4 Partly Free Jomo Kenyatta
1973 5 4 Partly Free Jomo Kenyatta
1974 5 4 Partly Free Jomo Kenyatta
1975 5 5 Partly Free Jomo Kenyatta
1976 5 5 Partly Free Jomo Kenyatta
1977 5 5 Partly Free Jomo Kenyatta
1978 5 4 Partly Free Jomo Kenyatta
1979 5 4 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1980 5 4 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1981 5 5 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
19823 5 5 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1983 5 5 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1984 6 5 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1985 6 5 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1986 6 5 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1987 6 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1988 6 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1989 6 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1990 6 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1991 6 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1992 4 5 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
1993 5 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1994 6 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1995 7 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1996 7 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1997 6 6 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1998 6 5 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
1999 6 5 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
2000 6 5 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
2001 6 5 Not Free Daniel arap Moi
2002 4 4 Partly Free Daniel arap Moi
2003 3 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2004 3 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2005 3 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2006 3 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2007 4 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2008 4 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2009 4 4 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2010 4 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki
2011 4 3 Partly Free Mwai Kibaki

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