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 6, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Roy Richard Elirama and Vincent Joseph Kessy, who had...
Roy Richard Elirama and Vincent Joseph Kessy, who had been sentenced to death on four counts of robbery with violence, escaped the hangman's noose after the Kenyan Appeal Court ruled that the two policemen who had prosecuted their case were unqualified
- JULY 15, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Vice Justice Minister of Kenya Njeru Githae announced...
Vice Justice Minister of Kenya Njeru Githae announced his governments intention to abolish the death penalty and to declare a general amnesty affecting all convicts on death row for 20 years or more
- JULY 10, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Convicted prisoners at the Kamiti Maximum Security...
Convicted prisoners at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Kenya, complained to Home Affairs Minister Moody Awori, during his visit to the institution, saying their appeals took too long to be determined, especially for those sentenced to death, and that
- JULY 9, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Robinson Githae, Assistant Minister for Justice and...
Robinson Githae, Assistant Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Kenya, in a meeting with Hands Off Cain officials in Rome, ensured his country's commitment to the abolition of the death penalty and Kenya's support for a moratorium resolution
- APRIL 24, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
Kenya abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 4, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Three men wept in disbelief inside a High Court in...
Three men wept in disbelief inside a High Court in Nakuru when a judge substituted a five-year sentence they had appealed against with that of death
- MARCH 19, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A pregnant woman found guilty of murder was saved from...
A pregnant woman found guilty of murder was saved from the hangman's noose by her unborn baby
- MARCH 12, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious...
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious murder of a land dealer in Kenya
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya...
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya asked the Government to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted bank robbers were sentenced to death
Three convicted bank robbers were sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death...
President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death row prisoners and commuted the death sentences of another 195 inmates to life in prison, following his campaign pledge to reform Kenya's prison system, a senior official said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA TAKES OVER 200 PRISONERS OFF DEATH ROW
February 25, 2003: President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death row prisoners and commuted the death sentences of another 195 inmates to life in prison, following his campaign pledge to reform Kenya´s prison system, a senior official said.