Kenya Law

The National Council for Law Reporting (Kenya Law) is the official source of Law Reports and Consolidated Laws of Kenya. The website hosts a comprehensive repository of over 275,000 judicial decisions, over 500 chapters of the Laws of Kenya, the Kenya Gazette (from 1901 to date), and Parliamentary Reports, among other key legal resources.

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Laws of Kenya

Constitution of Kenya

The Constitution of Kenya is the supreme law of the Republic of Kenya.

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Acts in Force

Laws of Kenya that are currently in force.

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Recent Legislation

Laws published in the last twelve months.

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Treaties

Regional and international Treaties.

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Kenya Gazette

The official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya.

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Publications

A collection of various publications including bulletins, newsletters, commission reports and law related articles.

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Causelists

Causelists of the Courts of Kenya.

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Victims of criminal acts are entitled to pursue constitutional redress in courts even as police investigations on same violations are still ongoing

Background Anjlee Parveen Kumar Sharma filed a constitutional petition after the fatal shooting of her husband, Bunty Bharat Kumar Shah, by police officers at their home in Westlands on 21st October 2017. She brought the petition as administrator of her late husband’s estate and as next friend of their minor son. ...

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Child born of a Kenyan citizen married to a non-Kenya(Refugee) automatically acquired a Kenyan citizenship by birth

The petitioner brought a petition on the grounds that there are serious violations or threats to violation of fundamental rights occasioned by the respondents in relation to children born in Kenya parent and the other a Refugee parent ....

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The ODPP has a discretion to convert a prosecution witness into an accused person

The Supreme Court in its mandate to interpret the Constitution under Article 163(4)(a) held that the ODPP had power and discretion to transpose a prosecution witness to be charged as an accused person as far as the decision was procedurally fair, constitutional compliant and free of abuse of process