Chapter One – Sovereignty of the People and Supremacy of this Constitution

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Chapter One – Sovereignty of the People and Supremacy of this Constitution is the opening chapter of the Constitution of Kenya that establishes the people as the ultimate source of state authority and affirms the Constitution as the highest law of the land.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of a constitution ⓘ
part of the Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
affirms the Constitution of Kenya as the supreme law of the Republic ⓘ
appliesTo all State organs ⓘ
all persons within Kenya ⓘ
bindingOn county governments ⓘ
independent commissions and offices ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
national government ⓘ
cameIntoForceWith Constitution of Kenya, 2010 ⓘ
clarifies that delegated authority is subject to the control of the people ⓘ
corePrinciple constitutional supremacy ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
dateEffective 2010 ⓘ
defines people of Kenya as the ultimate source of state authority ⓘ
documentType constitutional chapter heading ⓘ
emphasizes participation of the people in the exercise of sovereign power ⓘ
hasArticle Article 1 of the Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Article 2 of the Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
Article 3 of the Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Kenya
languageOfText English ⓘ
Kiswahili ⓘ
legalStatus binding constitutional law ⓘ
legalSystem Kenyan constitutional law ⓘ
objective to anchor all public power in the will of the people ⓘ
to ensure all law and conduct conform to the Constitution ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
positionInDocument first chapter ⓘ
providesThat all sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya ⓘ
any act or omission in contravention of the Constitution is invalid ⓘ
any law that is inconsistent with the Constitution is void to the extent of the inconsistency ⓘ
sovereign power is exercised only in accordance with the Constitution ⓘ
the Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic and binds all persons and all State organs at both levels of government ⓘ
regulates delegation of sovereign power ⓘ
exercise of sovereign power by State organs ⓘ
states sovereign power is delegated to Parliament ⓘ
sovereign power is delegated to the county governments ⓘ
sovereign power is delegated to the judiciary and independent tribunals ⓘ
sovereign power is delegated to the national executive ⓘ
subject sovereignty of the people ⓘ
supremacy of the Constitution ⓘ

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