FLC: Arid Lands Development Focus Kenya (Aldef) - Improving legal and human rights in Wajir County ALDEF-K is a local NGO based in Wajir County. The organization successfully completed the fifth phase of paralegal training with financial support from the Embassy. In the year 2008 Arid Lands Development Focus Kenya (ALDEF-K) partnering with Finish embass
y initiated a project that resulted in the training of 40 paralegals in two divisions of Wajir district. The purpose of the project was to enable the marginalized communities living in Wajir District to access justice enjoy their legal rights as well as ha
ve other development benefits. The training of paralegals raised great interest in the community as a result of the services the paralegals were providing. In the preceding years the trained paralegals formed a network and opened an office for purpose of e
nhancing service delivery.The demand for paralegal service were however high and this prompted additional support to train more paralegals. To date ALDEF has trained 240 paralegals. The trained paralegals have enabled individuals in the community especiall
y women and girls to access justice. The paralegals have also come to the aid of the community in issues such as corruption and injustices to the communities by the law enforcement agencies. In 2012 the pararegal network (WAPNET) and ALDEF facilitated the 
filing of a case in the high court of Garissa against the Kenyan Military and the Police for injustices committed on women children and innocent villagers. The case has dragged on beyond the intended period of one year. WAPNET and ALDEF intend to pursue th
e case to the logical conclusion so that it can serve as a precedent.Historical injustices in Northern Kenya date back to the pre-colonial era. A number of gross human rights violations sticks out like the Wagalla massacre in 1984 Bagalla massacre in 1998 
Garissa Gubaay massacre and the shifta wars that happened immediately after independence. In all this the State perpetrated excessive human rights violations and those affected have never had justice to date.Even after the enactment of the new Constitution
 (2010) communities in Northern region continue to undergo human rights violations. ALDEF-K is a local NGO based in Wajir County. The organization successfully completed the fifth phase of paralegal training with financial support from the Embassy. In the year 2008 Arid Lands Development Focus Kenya (ALDEF-K) partnering with Finish embass
y initiated a project that resulted in the training of 40 paralegals in two divisions of Wajir district. The purpose of the project was to enable the marginalized communities living in Wajir District to access justice enjoy their legal rights as well as ha
ve other development benefits.  The training of paralegals raised great interest in the community as a result of the services the paralegals were providing. In the preceding years the trained paralegals formed a network and opened an office for purpose of 
enhancing service delivery.The demand for paralegal service were however high and this prompted additional support to train more paralegals. To date ALDEF has trained 240 paralegals. The trained paralegals have enabled individuals in the community especial
ly women and girls to access justice. The paralegals have also come to the aid of the community in issues such as corruption and injustices to the communities by the law enforcement agencies. In 2012 the pararegal network (WAPNET) and ALDEF facilitated the
 filing of a case in the high court of Garissa against the Kenyan Military and the Police for injustices committed on women children and innocent villagers. The case has dragged on beyond the intended period of one year. WAPNET and ALDEF intend to pursue t
he case to the logical conclusion so that it can serve as a precedent.Historical injustices in Northern Kenya date back to the pre-colonial era. A number of gross human rights violations sticks out like the Wagalla massacre in 1984 Bagalla massacre in 1998
 Garissa Gubaay massacre and the shifta wars that happened immediately after independence. In all this the State perpetrated excessive human rights violations and those affected have never had justice to date.Even after the enactment of the new Constitutio
n (2010) communities in Northern region continue to undergo human rights violations.