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
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists questioned whether the inmates...
Human rights activists questioned whether the inmates were trying to escape in the first place after revelations that the guards on duty had been drinking
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Pathologists examining the bodies of the six death...
Pathologists examining the bodies of the six death row convicts killed in the bungled escape attempt found an appalling catalogue of injuries, none resembling bullet wounds
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Six death row inmates were killed, at the King'ongo...
Six death row inmates were killed, at the King'ongo prison in Nyeri, during a failed escape attempt in which they had stripped naked and used their prison uniforms as a rope to scale a 25ft wall
- JUNE 12, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
21 university students were charged with robbery with...
21 university students were charged with robbery with violence, an offence which carries the death penalty as a maximum sentence, following riots at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
- JUNE 8, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A man who appealed against his eight-year prison sentence...
A man who appealed against his eight-year prison sentence for robbery was instead given a death sentence
- MAY 17, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
An elite Kenyan police squad set up to fight violent...
An elite Kenyan police squad set up to fight violent crime was disbanded after its officers were implicated in car theft, robbery, torture and execution
- APRIL 18, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Attorney-General Amos Wako said he will refer treason...
Attorney-General Amos Wako said he will refer treason charges against the National Convention Executive Council (NCEC) officials if they form a parallel government
- JANUARY 30, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Church asked the government to abolish...
The Catholic Church asked the government to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2000KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 21, 1999KenyaDEATH PENALTY
On December 21, Boniface Lukoye, a 23-year-old orphan,...
On December 21, Boniface Lukoye, a 23-year-old orphan, was sentenced to death by Mombasa senior resident Magistrate Lydia Achode after he pleaded guilty to the offense he committed with 2 others barely 24 hours earlier
- DECEMBER 11, 1999KenyaDEATH PENALTY
On December 11, 5 suspects - Joseph Nyamu Kamotho,...
On December 11, 5 suspects - Joseph Nyamu Kamotho, Bernard Mwngi Maina, Stephen Mwangi Gathua, Emmanuel Kamunya, Paul Kariuki Ngothi - who had been charged with robbery with violence and sentenced to death by the Nyahururu Principal Magistrate W
- SEPTEMBER 18, 1999KenyaDEATH PENALTY
On September 18, at the High Court, Judge Daniel Aganyanya...
On September 18, at the High Court, Judge Daniel Aganyanya handed down his decision on Simon Ole Makallah, 49, chief warden of the popular Masai Mara Game Reserve at the time of the crime