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
MARCH 13, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO ON DEATH ROW FREED AFTER 17 YEARS IN PRISON
Two former employees of a former prominent Nakuru businessman Said Abdalla Azubedi who were sentenced to death for robbing him have been finally freed after spending 17 years in jail, the Daily Nation reported on 12 March 2019.
FEBRUARY 15, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: COURT SENTENCES POLICE OFFICER TO DEATH FOR KILLING DETAINEE
A Kenyan court on 14 February 2019 sentenced a former senior police officer to death for killing a detainee in his custody.
FEBRUARY 14, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: WOMAN, 5 RELATIVES TO HANG FOR KILLING HER HUSBAND
The Court of Appeal on 12 February 2019 turned down an appeal by a woman and her five relatives who were sentenced to death for killing her husband in Kiambu in 2004.
JANUARY 22, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING 12 SHEEP
A 30-year-old man was sentenced to death by a Narok Court on 17 Janunary 2019 after he was found guilty of robbery with violence.
- JANUARY 1, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTY
the mandatory death sentence is no longer lawful in Kenya
the mandatory death sentence is no longer lawful in Kenya
DECEMBER 17, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: COURTS TO REVIEW OVER 400 DEATH SENTENCES IN 2019
At least 400 inmates have applied for a review of their death sentences since the Supreme Court did away with the penalty in December last year, Chief Justice David Maraga said on 16 December 2018.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kenyan judge on 14 November 2018 sentenced two police officers to death for killing a colleague and two civilians in 2014.
NOVEMBER 12, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 2 BODA BODA RIDERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING LAPTOP
Two boda boda riders were sentenced to death on 10 November 2018 for stealing a laptop after losing an appeal in a high court.
OCTOBER 29, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: GARDENER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JACOBUS VAN DER GOES
A gardener was sentenced to death on 26 October 2018 for the murder of Dutch national Jacobus Van Der Goes at his residence in Nyali, Mombasa County.
OCTOBER 1, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: AL SHABAAB YOUTHS GET STATE AMNESTY
The government offered on September 27, 2018 a three-month amnesty to youths in Northeastern who have joined al Shabaab to surrender.
AUGUST 2, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM DEAD WOMAN’S PHONE
An act of withdrawing Sh 26,600 from a deceased model's Mpesa account has handed a 34 year old man a death sentence at the Mombasa law court.
JULY 19, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING HER BOYFRIEND
A 24-year-old woman in Kenya has been convicted and sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend.