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 10, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HERDSMAN WHO KILLED EMPLOYER IN 2016
A herdsman who hacked his employer to death in Ziwa, Uasin Gishu county, has been sentenced to death by an Eldoret court.
FEBRUARY 21, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS STEP BROTHER
A quarry worker was sentenced to death for killing his stepbrother nine years ago. Patrick Muiru killed Joseph over a grudge with his stepmother on April 27, 2009, in Kangoo village, Thika town.
- JANUARY 1, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTY
the mandatory death sentence is no longer lawful in Kenya
the mandatory death sentence is no longer lawful in Kenya
DECEMBER 14, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE NOW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Mandatory death sentence is no longer lawful in Kenya. This is after the Supreme Court on December 14 declared Section 204 of the Penal Code, which stipulates mandatory death sentence, as unconstitutional.
DECEMBER 5, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
An Eldoret court sentenced to death a 24-year-old man after he was found guilty of robbery with violence.
- OCTOBER 10, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: STUDENT SENTENCED TO HANG FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING SH500
A student who robbed a fellow student and his cousin at knife-point has been sentenced to death.
OCTOBER 10, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: KAMITI PRISONERS WANT SUPREME COURT TO REMOVE DEATH PENALTY
Inmates at the Kamiti Maximum Prison called on the Supreme Court to rule on the petition seeking determination of the constitutionality of the death sentence.
- JULY 20, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTY
3 Kenya men sentenced to death for stripping, abusing woman
20 July 2017: a Kenyan court sentenced three men to death for stripping naked and abusing a woman during a wave of attacks by mobs claiming that women were inappropriately dressed.
MAY 24, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: ITEN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
A man was sentenced to death by an Iten court after he was found guilty of murder and robbery with violence.
- MAY 16, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE LANDS MAN DEATH SENTENCE
A Nakuru court sentenced to death 29-year-old man for robbing his neighbour Sh350 while armed with dangerous weapons.
- APRIL 13, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTY
10 KENYANS WHO MURDERED MILITARY MAN SENTENCED TO HANG
10 Kenyan men have been sentenced to death for killing a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer and two other people in 2013 in Migori County.
- MARCH 8, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya: Mechanic sentenced to death for robbing woman 3 phones worth Sh21,000
8 March 2017: a 22-year-old mechanic was sentenced to death by a Kibera court for robbing a woman at her house in Kaberia, Riruta.