Constitution of Kenya

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national constitution supreme law

The Constitution of Kenya is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and principles of Kenya’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.

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Constitution of Kenya 2010 14
Constitution of Kenya canonical 13
2010 Constitution of Kenya 4

Statements (95)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adoptedBy People of Kenya ⓘ
Referendum in Kenya ⓘ
adoptionMethod national referendum ⓘ
amendmentProcedure requires parliamentary approval and in some cases a referendum ⓘ
bindingOn all persons in Kenya ⓘ
all state organs ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 2010-08-27 ⓘ
containsPart Bill of Rights ⓘ
containsProvisionOn citizenship ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
independent commissions and offices ⓘ
land tenure and land use ⓘ
leadership and integrity standards ⓘ
national security organs ⓘ
public finance and budgeting ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
dateOfPromulgation 2010-08-27 ⓘ
dateOfReferendum 2010-08-04 ⓘ
definesDeputyHeadOfGovernment Vice-President of Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Deputy President of Kenya
definesGovernmentStructure national government and county governments ⓘ
definesHeadOfGovernment President of Kenya ⓘ
definesHeadOfState President of Kenya ⓘ
definesTermLength five-year term for President ⓘ
definesTermLimit maximum of two presidential terms ⓘ
electoralSystem multiparty democratic system ⓘ
enforcedBy Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
establishes 47 county governments ⓘ
Commission on Administrative Justice ⓘ
Commission on Revenue Allocation ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Kenya ⓘ
High Court of Kenya ⓘ
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ⓘ
Judicial Service Commission ⓘ
Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission ⓘ
National Assembly of Kenya ⓘ
National Land Commission ⓘ
National Police Service Commission ⓘ
Parliament of Kenya ⓘ
Public Service Commission of Kenya ⓘ
Senate of Kenya ⓘ
Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
Teachers Service Commission ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
devolved system of government ⓘ
national executive of Kenya ⓘ
sovereign power of the people of Kenya ⓘ
guarantees civil and political rights ⓘ
economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
environmental rights ⓘ
equality and freedom from discrimination ⓘ
fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
hasChapter Chapter Eight – The Legislature ⓘ
Chapter Eighteen – Transitional and Consequential Provisions ⓘ
Chapter Eleven – Devolved Government ⓘ
Chapter Fifteen – Commissions and Independent Offices ⓘ
Chapter Five – Land and Environment ⓘ
Chapter Four – The Bill of Rights ⓘ
Chapter Fourteen – National Security ⓘ
Chapter Nine – The Executive ⓘ
Chapter One – Sovereignty of the People and Supremacy of this Constitution ⓘ
Chapter Seven – Representation of the People ⓘ
Chapter Seventeen – General Provisions ⓘ
Chapter Six – Leadership and Integrity ⓘ
Chapter Sixteen – Amendment of this Constitution ⓘ
Chapter Ten – Judiciary ⓘ
Chapter Thirteen – The Public Service ⓘ
Chapter Three – Citizenship ⓘ
Chapter Twelve – Public Finance ⓘ
Chapter Two – The Republic ⓘ
hasPreamble Yes ⓘ
jurisdiction Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kenya
language English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Kenya ⓘ
previousConstitutionYear 1963 ⓘ
previousMajorRevisionYear 1969 ⓘ
principle devolution and sharing of power ⓘ
equity and social justice ⓘ
good governance ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
national unity and diversity ⓘ
participatory democracy ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
sovereignty of the people ⓘ
supremacy of the Constitution ⓘ
transparency and accountability ⓘ
promulgatedBy Mwai Kibaki ⓘ
promulgationPlace Nairobi ⓘ
Uhuru Park in Nairobi ⓘ
surface form: Uhuru Park
replaced Constitution of Kenya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Independence Constitution of Kenya
yearOfDocument 2010 ⓘ

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Parliament of Kenya → governedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Parliament of Kenya → establishedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
President of Kenya → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
President of Kenya → legalFramework → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Coast Province, Kenya → abolishedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010 Constitution of Kenya
Government of Kenya → foundationDocument → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Government of Kenya → createdBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Senate of Kenya → reestablishedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Senate of Kenya → governingDocument → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Cabinet of Kenya → legalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Cabinet of Kenya → reformedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
National Assembly of Kenya → establishedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
National Assembly of Kenya → constitutionalOrder → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010 Constitution of Kenya
National Assembly of Kenya → meetsUnder → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Constitution of Kenya → replaced → Constitution of Kenya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independence Constitution of Kenya
Speaker of the National Assembly → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya → legalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretary of Kenya
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya → introducedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretary of Kenya
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010 reforms
Nairobi City County Government → legalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury → legalFramework → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
national fiscal framework of Kenya → governingLaw → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Siaya District → abolishedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010 Constitution of Kenya
Flag of Kenya → isRegulatedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Mashujaa Day → legalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Narok County Government → createdBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Cabinet Secretaries → legalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Cabinet Secretaries → numberLimitedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya
Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Inspector-General of the National Police Service → legalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Chief Justice of Kenya → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
Chief Justice of Kenya → createdBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Chief Justice of Kenya → reportsTo → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Rift Valley Province → abolishedBy → Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010 Constitution of Kenya