Rights and fundamental freedoms

English

(1)The Bill of Rights is an integral part of Kenya’s democratic state and is the framework for social, economic and cultural policies.

(2)The purpose of recognising and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms is to preserve the dignity of individuals and communities and to promote social justice and the realisation of the potential of all human beings.

(3)The rights and fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights—

(a)belong to each individual and are not granted by the State;

(b)do not exclude other rights and fundamental freedoms not in the Bill of Rights, but recognised or conferred by law, except to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Chapter; and

(c)are subject only to the limitations contemplated in this Constitution.

Kiswahili

Haki na uhuru wa kimsingi

(1)Sheria za Haki ni kiungo muhimu katika utawala wa kidemokrasia nchini Kenya na ndio msingi wa sera za kijamii kiuchumi na kitamaduni.

(2)Lengo la kutambua na kulinda haki za binadamu na uhuru wa kimsingi ni ili kulinda hadhi ya watu binafsi na jamii tofauti na kukuza haki za kijamii na kufanikisha uwezo wa binadamu wote.

(3)Haki na uhuru wa kimsingi katika Sheria za Haki—

(a)ni za kila mtu na wala hazitolewi na Serikali;

(b)hazitengi haki zingine na uhuru wa kimsingi ambazo haziko katika Sheria za Haki, lakini zinazotambuliwa au kutolewa na sheria, isipokuwa kwa kiwango ambacho haki hizo na uhuru haziambatani na Sura hii; na

(c)zinadhibitiwa tu kulingana na udhibiti uliobainiwa katika Katiba hii.