Each county is administered by an elected County Governor and Deputy Governor, backed by an Executive Committee. ==Political conditions== Since independence in 1963, Kenya has maintained remarkable stability, despite changes in its political system and crises in neighbouring countries.
Ties With Kenya, Michael Johns, Heritage Foundation, 24 April 1990.
Particularly since the re-emergence of multiparty democracy, Kenyans have enjoyed an increased degree of freedom. A cross-party parliamentary reform initiative in the fall of 1997 revised some oppressive laws inherited from the colonial era that had been used to limit freedom of speech and assembly.
This improved public freedoms and contributed to generally credible national elections in December 1997. In December 2002, Kenya held democratic and open elections and elected Mwai Kibaki as their new president.
This improved public freedoms and contributed to generally credible national elections in December 1997. In December 2002, Kenya held democratic and open elections and elected Mwai Kibaki as their new president.
The NAK faction (allied to president Kibaki) favoured a centralised presidential system, while the LDP faction—which had fewer parliamentary seats in that coalition than NAK—demanded a federal, parliamentary system, referred to in some circles as Majimbo. Prior to the 2002 election, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was agreed between NAK and LDP, which laid the basis for the two groups to contest the election under the NARC (Rainbow Alliance) banner.
Also supporting a 'No' vote was the majority of Uhuru Kenyatta's KANU party, the sole party of government from independence to 2002.
This led to a split between NAK and LDP, with the former campaigning for a 'Yes' vote in a 2005 referendum on the constitution and the latter a 'No'.
The 2007 presidential elections were largely believed to have been flawed with international observers stating that they did not meet regional or international standards.
In July 2008, exit polls commissioned by the US government were released, revealing that Odinga had won the election by a comfortable margin of 6%, well outside of the poll's 1.3% margin of error. There was significant and widespread violence in Kenya—2007–2008 Kenyan crisis—following the unprecedented announcement of Kibaki as the winner of the 2007 presidential elections.
In July 2008, exit polls commissioned by the US government were released, revealing that Odinga had won the election by a comfortable margin of 6%, well outside of the poll's 1.3% margin of error. There was significant and widespread violence in Kenya—2007–2008 Kenyan crisis—following the unprecedented announcement of Kibaki as the winner of the 2007 presidential elections.
The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Kenya is both [of state] and [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, that is composed of people chosen from outside parliament.
The current chief justice is Philomena Mbete Mwilu. ==Administrative divisions== Under the 2010 Constitution, Kenya is divided into 47 counties (including the Cities of Nairobi and Mombasa), each comprising a whole number of Parliamentary constituencies.
A draft constitution was published and Kenyans adopted it in a vote on 4 August 2010. On 2013 the coalition government was rendered ineffective due to the constitution.
In spite of its generality, this level terror affected those who interested themselves in politics or ideas. ==Executive branch== |President |Uhuru Kenyatta |Jubilee Party | 9 April 2013 |- |Deputy President |William Ruto |Jubilee Party | 9 April 2013 |} The president is elected for a five-year term by the people.
The post of the Prime Minister was abolished after 2013, returning Kenya to a presidential system of government. ==Legislative branch== The Bicameral Parliament consists of a National Assembly and Senate.
A draft constitution was published and Kenyans adopted it in a vote on 4 August 2010. On 2013 the coalition government was rendered ineffective due to the constitution.
Women in these counties were also represented by electing women Representatives.The five-year term ended on 2017 and the country went in for the elections.The President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy William Samoei Ruto were re-elected on 30 October 2017.
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