Kenya
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- the 1963 constitution was replaced by a new one on August 27, 2010
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- it is based on English, Islamic, and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- National Assembly (although the new 2010 constitution introduced a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate (94 members) and the National Assembly (290 members), in practice the system is unicameral as only the second chamber functions)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, High Court, and three subordinate courts
RELIGIONS
45% Protestant, 33% Catholic, 10% Muslim, 10% Indigenous beliefs, 2% Other
From the country
- AUGUST 11, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MUMIAS 3 TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERIES, RAPE
in Mumias, Kenya, Principal Magistrate Evans Makori sentenced
- JULY 26, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: EAST AFRICA PRISON OFFICERS BACK DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
Uganda and Kenya prison authorities supported the abolition of the death penalty, contrary to judicial officers who insist it should stay.
- JULY 25, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: JUDGES BACK DEATH PENALTY
at a conference on the death penalty in East Africa, Kenyan Judiciary officers said the death penalty should not be completely abolished and should be available in extreme instances
- JULY 19, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
70-YEAR-OLD KENYAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY
at a Kenyan court, Magistrate Esther Boke sentenced Kuria Kihunyu...
- JUNE 14, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYAN MUSLIM LEADERS CALL FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR GAYS
Muslim leaders in Kenya called on the government to introduce the death penalty for homosexuals.
- MAY 26, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MOBILE PHONE THIEVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Kenya, Baricho resident magistrate James Mwaniki sentenced Josphat Mureithi Mwangi...
- MAY 20, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: COURT OVERTURNS GACHANJA'S CONVICTION
Justices Otieno, O’Kubasu and Waki of the Court of Appeal in Kenya quashed the conviction of Elizabeth Gitiri Gachanja, wife of former Lands Commissioner Wilson Gachanja.
MARCH 13, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: THREE TO HANG FOR ROBBERY
Antony Mutembei Njeru, Isaack Murimi Mwaniki and John Murithi Kivuti were
- MARCH 8, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR ROBBERY
Simion Oywonga Mochobo was sentenced to death in Kenya by Ogembo Principal Magistrate Lily Nafula at a Gucha court. He was sentenced for violently robbing Consolata Ntenga on December 2, 2009 at Bokimonge sub location in Kenyenya District, and Jackline Ke
- MARCH 6, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
William Kinyua, James Muriithi and Erick Nyaga were sentenced to death in Kenya by Siakago magistrate Samuel Mokua for robbing trader Mwaniki Machaki of Sh10,900 and a Sh4,000 mobile phone on November 13, 2009 and Josephine Nyaga of Sh11,000 and a phone.
MARCH 2, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
A man was sentenced to death in Kenya by a Gucha court for robbery with violence. Simon
- FEBRUARY 28, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: RUIRU TRADER TO HANG FOR KILLING HUSBAND
businesswoman Ann Wambui was sentenced to death by Kenyan High Court judge Jessi Lessit for stabbing her husband Joseph Kahari to death in a domestic quarrel on June 22, 2006, at Gitabaya village in Ruiru.