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
- JANUARY 1, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
- OCTOBER 22, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING ITALIAN PRIEST
a man and a woman were sentenced to death in Nairobi, Kenya, after being found guilty
OCTOBER 18, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING RELATIVE OVER FEES
in Nairobi, Kenya, Samuel Kamonjo and his son-in-law Benjamin Karanja were sentenced
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: WE WERE TRICKED TO ADMIT GUILT, SAY TWO ON DEATH ROW
Patrick Wanjohi and John Nduati Wanjiru appealed against their death sentences in the Kenyan High Court sitting in Nakuru.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Henry Karanja Muiru, 40, was sentenced to death by hanging by Lady Justice Jessie Lesiit for killing his wife Keziah Wairimu Karatu and butcher Jesse Gitau Kabiru he suspected of having an affair with at Nderi trading centre in Kiambu on November 1, 2008.
- AUGUST 2, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: POLICEMAN TO DIE FOR MURDER
in Kenya, Nyeri court Chief magistrate Stella Muketi sentenced former police constable Peter Mundia Murigo to death for a violent robbery...
- JULY 30, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: LANDMARK RULING ON DEATH PENALTY
Justices Riaga Omollo, Philip Waki and Onyango Otieno of the Appeals Court in Kenya declared the mandatory death sentence for murder contained in section 204 of the Penal Code unconstitutional.
- JULY 13, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER OF KENYA HIV RESEARCHER
Simon Ndungu Wainaina and Paul Ndungu Kariuki were sentenced to death by Nairobi Chief Magistrate Gilbert Mutembei for robbing and killing Kenya's leading HIV researcher, Professor Job Bwayo, on February 4, 2007.
JUNE 29, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Yemeni court sentenced five Yemeni nationals, a Kenyan, a Somalian and a Tanzanian
- MAY 11, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: DEATH PENALTY TO STAY
Kenya rejected a UN proposal to delete the death penalty from its law books among
- APRIL 15, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: AG BACKS CONVICT ON DEATH PENALTY PLEA
the Kenyan Attorney General supported Godfrey Ngotho Mutiso's application to have the death penalty abolished. But Mr Amos Wako said he was agreeing with the prisoner’s arguments for only that particular case.
- MARCH 6, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: RETRIAL ORDERED IN DEATH SENTENCE CASE
Kenyan appellate judges Samuel Bosire, Erastus Githinji and Philip Waki recently set aside the death sentence of Richard Charo Mole and ordered a retrial.