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
- JULY 17, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal has ordered the re-trial of a man...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the re-trial of a man who has been languishing in prison for the last six years awaiting to be hanged
- JULY 12, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan prisons abandoned the kunguru - the old prison...
Kenyan prisons abandoned the kunguru - the old prison uniform in use for over a century - for more fashionable attire
- JUNE 15, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Standing Committee on Human Rights appointed by...
The Standing Committee on Human Rights appointed by the government said only a half of the 40,000 prisoners should be in prison while the rest should have been freed on bond or held at police stations
- MAY 29, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A convict who moved to the Eldoret High Court to appeal...
A convict who moved to the Eldoret High Court to appeal a seven-year jail sentence for robbery was instead sentenced to death
- MAY 29, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International described the conditions in Kenya's...
Amnesty International described the conditions in Kenya's prisons as "harsh" and criticised the authorities for refusing to allow human rights organisations access to prisoners
- MAY 16, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court...
Eleven prison officers appeared in a Nairobi Court charged with the murder of six inmates at Nyeri prison, popularly known as King'ong'o
- MAY 13, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Appelate Bench sitting in Nyeri criticised a High...
The Appelate Bench sitting in Nyeri criticised a High Court judge for what it described as "contradictory logic" while passing sentence on five members of the same family charged with murder
- MAY 2, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A record 221 million shilling [about 2
A record 221 million shilling [about 2
- APRIL 25, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Kenya abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 19, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A mother of four was sentenced to death by a Kenyan...
A mother of four was sentenced to death by a Kenyan High Court for murdering her nine-year-old niece
- APRIL 4, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for violently stealing...
A man was sentenced to death for violently stealing a mobile telephone and Sh300
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The six King'ong'o prisoners were battered to death...
The six King'ong'o prisoners were battered to death by warders, and there was no escape bid as claimed by the jail authorities, a principal magistrate ruled at the inquest into their deaths