Electoral Reforms · The story

Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act No 7 of 1982

1982 · Independence and one-party rule

Source date
1982
Event type
Law or amendment
Reform area
Political competition

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For instance, the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act No 7 of 1982 expressly introduced the provision of section 2A that limited the country to only one political party, Kenya African National Union. It was only in December 1991 through the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act No 12 of 1991 that this section 2A was repealed reinstating multi-partism in Kenya.

Verbatim excerpt · Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 464 · Attorney General v Ndii — Supreme Court judgment

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  1. 1991 The Constitution Was Amended in 1991 to Allow for the Country to Revert to Political Pluralism
    Superseded
    1982 Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act No 7 of 1982

    It was only in December 1991 through the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act No 12 of 1991 that this section 2A was repealed reinstating multi-partism in Kenya.

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Sources behind this record

  1. Attorney General v Ndii — Supreme Court judgmentSupreme Court judgment, paragraph 464 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims