The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the president is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system in accordance with a new constitution passed in 2010.
Executive power is exercised by the executive branch of government, headed by the President, who chairs the cabinet, which is composed of people chosen from outside parliament. Legislative power is vested exclusively in Parliament. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. In Kenyan politics, the executive wields considerable power and other institutions have limited means of checking that power.
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Kenya a "hybrid regime" in 2022. The Political terror scale gave the country a rating of 4 meaning that civil and political rights violations had expanded to large numbers of the population. Murders, disappearances, and torture were common parts of life.
Kenya is increasingly becoming unsafe for its youth and general population due to a worrying surge in state violence, police brutality, and crackdowns on protests. Recent events, including the fatal shooting of an unarmed mask vendor during a demonstration and the mysterious death of blogger and...
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Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani, Kipchumba Murkomen, ametangaza Ijumaa tarehe 6 Juni 2025 kuwa sikukuu ya Eid-ul-Adha kupitia tangazo la gazeti la serikali lililotolewa Jumatano.
“Taarifa inatolewa kwa umma kwamba kwa mujibu wa mamlaka aliyopewa chini ya kifungu cha 2(1) cha Sheria ya Sikukuu...
Siku chache zilizopita nilikuwa na fikra za kuwaona Wakenya kama ni ndugu wa Watanzania. Lakini nimebaini nyie sio ndugu wala hatupaswi kuambatana nanyi abadani.
Tanzania ni Jamhuri inayojitegemea na ina utaratibu wake wa kujiongoza. Hatuna unasaba wa kupeana maelekezo ya nini tufanye kwa tamaa...
Mahakama ya Juu nchini Kenya imetoa amri ya kusimamisha kwa muda uamuzi wa Seneti wa kuunga mkono kufukuzwa kwa Naibu Rais Rigathi Gachagua. Jaji E.C. Mwita amechukua hatua hiyo akirejelea masuala makubwa ya katiba na umuhimu wa kulinda maslahi ya umma.
Kikundi maalum, kilichoteuliwa na Jaji...