Judiciary of Kenya

E637095

The Judiciary of Kenya is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law through a system of courts headed by the Chief Justice.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Judiciary of Kenya canonical 13
courts of Kenya 2
Kenyan courts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice of Kenya ⓘ
branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appointmentProcessInvolves Judicial Service Commission of Kenya ⓘ
budgetFundedBy Government of Kenya ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Chapter 10 of the Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ensures protection of rights and fundamental freedoms ⓘ
exercisesPower judicial authority ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
hasAdministrativeHead Chief Registrar of the Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
hasComponent Court Martial of Kenya ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Kenya ⓘ
Employment and Labour Relations Court of Kenya ⓘ
Environment and Land Court of Kenya ⓘ
High Court of Kenya ⓘ
Kadhi’s Courts of Kenya ⓘ
Magistrates’ Courts of Kenya ⓘ
Small Claims Court of Kenya ⓘ
Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of civil cases ⓘ
adjudication of constitutional petitions ⓘ
adjudication of criminal cases ⓘ
electoral dispute resolution ⓘ
enforcement of contracts ⓘ
resolution of disputes ⓘ
review of administrative action ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Republic of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Kenya
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Kiswahili ⓘ
hasPrinciple access to justice ⓘ
fair trial ⓘ
judicial independence ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Kenya ⓘ
headedByOfficeHolder Martha Koome ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
interprets Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
customary law of Kenya ⓘ
religious law within its jurisdiction ⓘ
statutes of Kenya ⓘ
locationCountry Kenya ⓘ
overseenByBody Judicial Service Commission of Kenya ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice ⓘ
application of the law ⓘ
interpretation of the law ⓘ
separateFrom Executive of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: President of Kenya

Parliament of Kenya ⓘ
subjectTo Constitutional safeguards for independence ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Kenya → judicialBranch → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Constitution of Kenya → establishes → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Constitution of Kenya → enforcedBy → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Chief Justice of Kenya → heads → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Supreme Court of Kenya → partOf → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Chapter Five – Land and Environment → enforceableBy → Kenyan courts ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Kenya
Judicial Service Commission (Kenya) → partOfBranch → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
subject linked to: Judicial Service Commission
Court of Appeal of Kenya → partOf → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Article 152 of the Constitution of Kenya → enforcedBy → courts of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Kenya
High Court of Kenya → partOf → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
David Maraga → memberOf → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
David Maraga → partOf → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Supreme Court Building, Nairobi → occupant → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Supreme Court Building, Nairobi → managedBy → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Martha Koome → memberOf → Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ
Office of the Auditor-General of Kenya → audits → courts of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Kenya