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| | Kenya |
 | | Kenya follows the "8-4-4" system: there are eight years of primary level education, standards 1-8, followed by forms 1-4 of secondary level education, followed by four years of university level education. |
 | | The Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by Kenya in 1990, states that "no child shall be deprived of liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily."76 The child shall have the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority. |
 | | The court system in Kenya is three-tiered and consists of a court of appeals, a high court, and lower courts known as magistrate's courts. |
| www.hrw.org /reports/1997/kenya (17903 words) |
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