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The National Assembly with at least a third of all the members, may set in motion an act to impeach the President. The National Assembly may do so on the grounds of gross violation of the Constitution or any other law, where there is reasons to believing that the President has committed a crime under
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In contrast, the Senate is made up of 47 Senators representing each of the 47 counties, 16 women nominated by political parties according to the parties' proportions in the Senate, one man and woman to represent the youth, one man and women to represent persons with disabilities, and the Speaker, who
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but are officially appointed by the President. However, the persons selected to be the Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice must first be vetted by Parliament before being appointed by the President. All other Judges do not need Parliamentary vetting and approval. Magistrates who preside over the
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The 47 counties also have a legislative branch within their governments known as the County Assembly, made up of elected Members of the County Assembly (MCA) as per the number of wards within the county and nominated members. The county assembly is responsible for legislation at the county level in
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were not multiparty elections. On independence, Kenya voted for Kenyatta as President. However, over the next few years Kenya slowly transitioned from being a democracy to being a one-party state. Kenyatta's regime greatly oversaw the gradual limitation of the democratic system. Kenyatta died in
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The Government is run by the Ministries of Kenya. The constitution limits the number of Ministries to a minimum of 14 and maximum of 22. The headings of the ministries are known as Cabinet Secretaries who are all nominated by the President. The President has power to assign and dismiss a Cabinet
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The Deputy President's functions are to be the main assistant to the President and shall deputise for the President in the execution of the President's functions. He must be qualified to become president in order to take the office as he is first in line in the order of presidential succession.
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The National Assembly and Senate each have particular powers. The National Assembly mainly deals with legislation affecting the country at the national level as well as exercising oversight over the national government while the Senate mainly deals with legislation concerning counties as well as
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The courts are divided into two levels: Superior Courts and Subordinate Courts. Superior Courts are the higher courts and are presided over by Judges. These are the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court which hears almost every type of case., the Environment and Land Court and the
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The state allows universal suffrage based on the aspiration for fair representation and equality. The only people not allowed to vote are people convicted of an election offence during the preceding five years. Elections in Kenya are overseen by the
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1978; his vice President Moi took over and in 1982 the country was officially made a one-party state with every other party being outlawed. This was met by resistance over the next decade or so. In 1992 Kenya's first multiparty elections were held.
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exercising oversight over the county governments. However, both Houses' approval is required in any matter so determined by an act of Parliament, such as presidential appointments to the Executive and Judiciary, military officers and ambassadors.
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in 1963 until the country held a referendum in 2010 to amend the Constitution, among which amendments was the devolving of certain powers and duties of the national government to the semi-autonomous governments of the newly created counties.
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If the motion to impeach passes in the National Assembly the act to impeach moves to the Senate and if at least two-thirds of all the members of the Senate vote to uphold any impeachment charge, the President shall cease to hold office.
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The subordinate courts consist of the Magistrates courts, the Kadhi courts, the Courts Martial and any other court or local tribunal as may be established by an Act of Parliament, other than the currently established courts.
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In order to be elected as a member of the National Assembly, an individual must be registered as a voter, satisfies any requirements prescribed by the Constitution or by an act of Parliament and is nominated by a
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As opposed to other devolved governments around the world, only the national government may impose income tax, value-added tax, customs duties and other duties on import and export goods and excise tax.
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The Judiciary is led by the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice sits at the Supreme Court whose court decisions are binding to all courts. The current Chief Justice is Chief Justice
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The Government's structure consists of power shared between the national government and the county governments. It is a unitary state with a decentralised system as per the new
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The country is a representative democracy legislatively, and a direct democracy in the election of its president, who is leader of the Executive branch of government.
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The counties are individually allowed to impose property rates, entertainment taxes and any other tax that it is authorised to impose by an Act of Parliament.
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The powers of the County are provided in Articles 191 and 192, and in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya and the County Governments Act of 2012.
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All members are elected or nominated, including the Speaker, who is elected from persons qualified to be elected as members of Parliament but are not members.
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Other terms such as "GoK", "GK" and "Serikali" are often used officially and informally to distinguish the national government from the county governments.
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who is directly elected and thereafter becomes the highest elected official in the county. Each county has its own County Assembly with MCAs (
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member. Each of the 290 members represents the constituency from where they were elected. The members of Parliament serve five-year terms..
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subordinate courts are selected and appointed by the Judicial Service Commission without the involvement of the President or Parliament.
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The National Assembly is made up of 349 elected members (known as Member of Parliament or MP), consisting of 290 members elected from
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The executive branch is established by Chapter Nine of the Constitution, which vests the country's executive authority in the
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name is "Jamhuri ya Kenya". No other names appear in the Constitution, and these are the names that appear on the country's
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The Judiciary is charged with applying and upholding the law. This is done through a legal system consisting of courts.
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The current structure of government allows power to be held on two levels: The national level and the county level.
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Functions and duties not assigned by the Constitution automatically become the National governments responsibility.
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All civil servants e.g. teachers in public schools or diplomats fall under one of the ministries in the Cabinet.
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The President is the head of the country's Cabinet, which consists of the President, the Deputy President, the
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within the counties, 47 women elected at county-level, 12 nominated representatives and the Speaker, who is an
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and Cabinet Secretaries nominated and appointed by the President with the approval of the National Assembly.
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The Counties of Kenya have devolved functions of the former central government. Each county has its own
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The Deputy President is the second-highest executive office in the republic. The position before the
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was known as the Vice-President of Kenya. There have been 12 deputy presidents since independence.
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The President is the head of state and government, as in most republics. The President is also the
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A Cabinet Secretary cannot be an MP and their deputies are known as Principal Secretaries.
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The incumbent president William Ruto won the 2022 general elections and his coalition
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All Judges, including the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice, are selected by
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furtherance of the counties' functions and powers as stated in the Constitution.
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The Deputy President as the president is limited to two terms in office.
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The full name of the country is the "Republic of Kenya". Its official
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Ever since then elections have been held every 5 years. In 2013 the
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The national government is composed of three distinct branches: The
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now controls the majority in both houses of Parliament, i.e. the
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paved the way for semi-autonomy of the 47 counties of Kenya.
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National legislative, executive and judiciary powers of Kenya
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was the first and only person to pass away while in office.
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Originally the central government delegated power through
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national or international law or for gross misconduct.
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while their powers and duties are further defined by
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