Preamble

We, the people of Kenya—

ACKNOWLEDGING the supremacy of the Almighty God of all creation:

HONOURING those who heroically struggled to bring freedom and justice to our land:

PROUD of our ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, and determined to live in peace and unity as one indivisible sovereign nation:

RESPECTFUL of the environment, which is our heritage, and determined to sustain it for the benefit of future generations:

COMMITTED to nurturing and protecting the well-being of the individual, the family, communities and the nation:

RECOGNISING the aspirations of all Kenyans for a government based on the essential values of human rights, equality, freedom, democracy, social justice and the rule of law:

EXERCISING our sovereign and inalienable right to determine the form of governance of our country and having participated fully in the making of this Constitution:

ADOPT, ENACT and give this Constitution to ourselves and to our future generations.

GOD BLESS KENYA

Sisi, watu wa Kenya,

TUNATAMBUA ukuu wa Mwenyezi Mungu muumba wa vyote:

TUNAWAHESHIMU mashujaa waliojitoa mhanga kuleta uhuru na haki nchini mwetu:

TUNAJIVUNIA tofauti zetu za kikabila, kitamaduni na kidini na tukiazimia kuishi kwa amani na umoja tukiwa taifa moja huru:

TUNATHAMINI mazingira, ambayo ndiyo urithi wetu na tukiazimia kuyadumisha kwa manufaa ya vizazi vijavyo:

TUNAJITOLEA kukuza na kuhifadhi maslahi ya mtu binafsi, familia, jamii na taifa:

TUNATAMBUA matarajio ya Wakenya wote ya serikali iliyo na misingi bora ya maadili ya haki za binadamu, usawa, uhuru, demokrasia, haki za kijamii na utawala wa kisheria:

TUNATUMIA uhuru wetu na haki yetu ya kuamua aina ya uongozi katika nchi yetu na tukiwa tumeshiriki kikamilifu katika kuiunda Katiba hii: TUNAIKUBALI,

TUNAIPITISHA, na kujipatia sisi wenyewe na vizazi vijavyo, Katiba hii.

MUNGU IBARIKI KENYA