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
- APRIL 1, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Three people suspected of plotting to rob a restaurant...
Three people suspected of plotting to rob a restaurant in Mombasa were shot dead by police in a cold blooded execution, bystanders said
- MARCH 10, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment all death sentences in the country
- MARCH 9, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Delegates at the constitutional review conference in...
Delegates at the constitutional review conference in Kenya decided that the death penalty would be abolished except in case of murder, child molestation and any other matters established by legislation
- MARCH 4, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Nakuru, Kenya, upheld...
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Nakuru, Kenya, upheld a decision to send to the gallows Albert Kitur Kimaiyo, a catechist, and Pastor Benedict Wanjala Biketi, for murder
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her...
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her daughter, Lucy Wanjiku Kamau, by a Court of Appeal in Nakuru, Kenya, for murdering her husband
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
"More than half of the countries of the world no longer...
"More than half of the countries of the world no longer authorise the death penalty for any crime
- JANUARY 28, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Ten death row prisoners in Kenya walked to freedom...
Ten death row prisoners in Kenya walked to freedom after the Court of Appeal set aside their convictions - because their prosecution was led by a police constable
- DECEMBER 30, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan police came under fire for the execution of...
Kenyan police came under fire for the execution of a 13-year-old boy, whom witnesses say was gunned down by police officers on Christmas Day
- OCTOBER 20, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of convicts on death row or serving life imprisonment...
Hundreds of convicts on death row or serving life imprisonment have demanded the quashing of their sentences and automatic compensation by the Kenyan Government
- OCTOBER 15, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Kenyan government said it planned to abolish the...
The Kenyan government said it planned to abolish the death penalty and replace punishment for the most heinous crimes with life imprisonment
- AUGUST 13, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
John King'ori Wachira and John Maina Mwangi were sentenced...
John King'ori Wachira and John Maina Mwangi were sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of storming into their victim's home armed with a toy pistol and other crude weapons and robbing him of money and a mobile phone on 20 February 2003
- AUGUST 12, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary and Treasurer respectively, met with Kenyan Interior Minister, Moody Awori