Legislation 90% open

Kenya

Kenya is ranked #6 for this dataset
Kenya's Index ranking for legislation is down from #1 in 2013

What data is expected?

This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available.

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as Laws of Kenya published by National Council for Law Reporting)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (XML, PDF, Word)
  •   Available in bulk? Unsure
  •   Openly licensed? Yes(Here)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

The primary format is XML. Acts and other pieces of legislation can be downloaded for free in different formats including PDF and DOC. Another viable and good source is the Kenya Parliament website: http://www.parliament.go.ke/ in pdf formats too. [According to Ahmed Maawy - No changes from 2013]

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Christian Villum
  • Emmy Chirchir

Submitters

  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Oleg Lavrovsky
  • David Lemayian
  • Emmy Chirchir
  • Muchiri Nyaggah