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
NOVEMBER 6, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLERS OF ITALIAN BISHOP
A Kenyan Roman Catholic priest and four others were sentenced to death by a court in Nairobi for
NOVEMBER 4, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEFILING MINOR
A 34 year-old man has been sentenced to death in Kenya after he was found guilty of defiling a six year-old
OCTOBER 9, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO HERDSMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING OF 40 POLICE OFFICERS IN BARAGOI
A Maralal court has sentenced two herdsmen to death over the killing of 40 police officers in Baragoi in
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NYAHURURU
In Kenya, a Nyahururu court handed four young men a death penalty for robbery with violence.
AUGUST 7, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: AL-SHABAAB SUSPECT TO BE EXTRADITED TO SOMALIA
Kenya has agreed to Somalia's request to extradite a Somali citizen believed to be senior al-Shabaab
JUNE 29, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 6,000 CONVICTS AWAITING DEATH
With 6,000 death row convicts, Kenya has the fourth largest death row population in the world. In the last
- JUNE 25, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
the chairman of the National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) John
the chairman of the National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) John
MAY 24, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY IN NAROK
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to death in Kenya by a Narok court for violently robbing a business
- MAY 20, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO HANG FOR ETHNIC CLASHES
A court in Garsen, Tana Delta district has sentenced four men, including a former GSU officer, to hang. The
- APRIL 15, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: 33 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARINGO
Evans Kipruto, a 33 year old from Kabartonjo Baringo County was sentenced to death for the offence of
- MARCH 10, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: EX-POLICEMAN IN NAROK ROBBERY CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Kenya, a Narok court sentenced a former police officer to death after he was found guilty of robbery
- JANUARY 1, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.