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
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for...
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for violent robbery
- JANUARY 31, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A woman convicted of murdering her two-year-old son...
A woman convicted of murdering her two-year-old son was spared the death sentence because of doubts about her age, and having a one-year-old child, conceived whilst in custody
- JANUARY 1, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A Kenyan musician who murdered his German lover in...
A Kenyan musician who murdered his German lover in Kwale District in the country's Coastal Province in 1997 was sentenced to death by a Mombasa High Court
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A man who violently robbed a trader of a bottle of...
A man who violently robbed a trader of a bottle of Pilsner beer worth Sh55 was sentenced to hang
- OCTOBER 31, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old Kenyan was condemned to hang for violent...
A 25-year-old Kenyan was condemned to hang for violent robbery
- OCTOBER 30, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The only inmate who survived the King'ong'o Prison...
The only inmate who survived the King'ong'o Prison tragedy where six others were allegedly bludgeoned to death in September 2000, is now a free man
- JULY 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki hit out at...
Catholic Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki hit out at the police for their brutality against the public
- JULY 27, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan police denied allegations that officers shot...
Kenyan police denied allegations that officers shot dead seven suspected armed robbers in cold blood in one of Nairobi's bloodiest incidents in months
- JULY 27, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The human rights organisation Amnesty International...
The human rights organisation Amnesty International called for a government inquiry into the alleged police execution of seven people "in cold blood" in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on July 25
- JULY 26, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
An editorial in the Daily Nation condemned extra-judicial...
An editorial in the Daily Nation condemned extra-judicial killings by police
- JULY 25, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Police ordered seven men to get down from a bus - and...
Police ordered seven men to get down from a bus - and then executed them in cold blood and in full public view