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The Magistrates' Court of Kenya is a Subordinate court established under Article 169 1(a) of Kenya's 2010 Constitution. [1] The Court is subordinate to the High Court and is presided over by either a chief magistrate, a senior principal magistrate, a principal magistrate, a senior resident magistrate, or a resident magistrate. [2]
There is a significant crime rate in all regions of Kenya. Petty offences are the most common crime with stealing being the most reported crime. Robbery and theft are among the least cited criminal offences. Crime in Kenya is comparable to Tunisia, with a rate of 3.46 crimes per 100,000 people. However, crime in Kenya often goes unreported and ...
The missionaries then penetrated into western Kenya and set up schools and missions. The first school in western Kenya was established at Kaimosi in 1903. During the colonial era, the number of ethnic Kenyans with exposure to education steadily increased and a good number of them were privileged to proceed abroad for further education.
The Judiciary of Kenya is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in Kenya. After the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010, the general public, through parliament, sought to reform the judiciary. Parliament passed the Magistrates and Judges Vetting Act of 2011.
Since 1985, public education in Kenya has been based on an 8-4-4 system, [2] [3] with eight years of primary education followed by four years of secondary school and four years of college or university. Prior to the 8-4-4 model, Kenya's education system was structured as 7-4-2-3 curriculum.
The Children Act 2001 repealed the 1908 act but, except in children detention schools, did not explicitly prohibit corporal punishment; [43] [44] the common-law defence of "reasonable chastisement" remained available to parents facing a charge of assault.
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The Act has been amended by a number of other Acts, including Act No. 3 of 2006, Act No. 7 of 2007, Act No. 6 of 2009, Act No. 8 of 2010, and Act No. 12 of 2012. [1] Section 13 of the Act, which dealt with child trafficking was repealed by the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act, No. 8 of 2010, s. 5, which replaced it with its own provisions. [1]