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
- MARCH 17, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: DEATH ROW BECKONS FOR ILLEGAL GUN OWNERS
possessing an unlicensed gun could soon earn you the death sentence as the Kenyan government steps up the war on crime.
- MARCH 8, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA TO REVIEW DEATH PENALTY - VICE-PRESIDENT
the Kenyan government is reviewing the death penalty, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka said.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: UN CONDEMNS EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT BY KENYAN POLICE
a brutal succession of hundreds of summary executions carried out with impunity by Kenyan security forces was roundly condemned by a top UN investigator, who called on President Mwai Kibaki to sack his police chief and attorney general.
- JANUARY 20, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: CONVICT PUTS DEATH LAW ON TRIAL
a man on death row in Kenya, Godfrey Mutiso, is challenging the mandatory death sentence imposed on persons convicted for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
DECEMBER 18, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: NINE WARDERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
nine prison warders were sentenced to death for the murder of six inmates at the King’ong’o Maximum
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: HIGH COURT QUASHES TERROR SUSPECT'S DEATH SENTENCE
at the High Court in Kenya, Omar Said Omar was acquitted of terrorism charges after being sentenced to hang...
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AT FUNERAL
the Kenyan High Court upheld the death sentence against Nyando Mukuta Mwambanga for the murder of Mizingo Munga Gube on 2nd April, 2001.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: NJUE CALLS FOR SCRAPPING OF DEATH PENALTY
Nairobi Archbishop John cardinal Njue called on the Kenyan Parliament to scrap the death penalty.
- AUGUST 6, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER
a woman was sentenced to death for killing her step daughter in Kenya. Agnes Teresia Amati was found guilty of having committed the offence five years ago.
- MAY 9, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN ON DEATH ROW FREED
a man sentenced to death in Kenya was set free after a High Court accused police
- MAY 7, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA THREE TO HANG FOR ROBBERY.
three casual labourers in Kenya who raided an estate near Nyeri Town were sentenced to death.