How the Constitution was made and the values, rights and institutions it created.
Search the official Constitution →Kenya’s current Constitution was adopted in 2010 after decades of struggle for reform, capped by the 2007–08 post-election crisis. It rebuilt the state — creating devolution, a stronger Bill of Rights and a set of national values — and remains the supreme law.
The 2010 Constitution was the product of a long reform journey — from the single-party era, through failed attempts in the 2000s, to the 2007–08 post-election violence that finally forced agreement.
Article 10 sets out the national values that bind everyone who makes or applies law or public policy — from participation and equality to integrity, transparency and accountability.
Article 10Two of the biggest changes the 2010 Constitution brought were devolution — moving power and money to 47 counties — and a far stronger Bill of Rights protecting citizens against the State.
Chapter FourThe Constitution begins from a single idea: all power belongs to the people of Kenya. Citizens exercise it directly — for example by voting — and through elected representatives and independent institutions.
Article 1; Article 2; Articles 1 and 2