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
JANUARY 27, 2016KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kenyan woman who strangled her two-year-old daughter to death after an overnight prayer session at a
- JANUARY 22, 2016KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MINOR’S MURDER
Four people have been sentenced to death for the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Nairobi’s Kariobangi
- JANUARY 1, 2016KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: FOUR WHO SHOT AND KILLED UHURU KIN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Four men who shot and killed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s relative have been sentenced to death.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A man who killed a relative of Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua during a robbery in Nairobi has been
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: KENYAN GIRL SENTENCED TO HANG
A group of over 80 girls who were being detained at a deportation center in Saudi Arabia have arrived back in Kenya.
JULY 7, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MUSLIM CONVERT TO HANG FOR MASS MURDER
A former Mungiki member who converted to Islam and trained with Al Shabaab has been sentenced to
- JULY 2, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: VIOLENT ROBBERS GET THE DEATH SENTENCE
Two men were sentenced to death in Kenya for robbery with violence.
- JUNE 16, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MP PROPOSES BILLS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
a MP presented two draft Bills whose enactment would result in the repeal of the death sentence from
- MAY 4, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
Two men were sentenced to death by hanging in Kenya after being found guilty of murder and robbery with
- JANUARY 23, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDERING COUPLE
A Nakuru court sentenced to death a man accused of killing a couple that owned a private school in
- JANUARY 1, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.