# Indexed passage in the Constitution of Kenya

- Jurisdiction: Kenya (KE)
- Chapter (as indexed): Chapter EIGHT: —THE LEGISLATURE
- Source document: The Kenya Constitution
- Canonical (HTML): https://www.portablelaw.com/provision/422a3b87-d0a8-4d39-b779-7968ea9afa94
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- Constitution: https://www.portablelaw.com/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028

## Verbatim text

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Promotion of representation of marginalised groups (Article 100) Five years
Vacation of office of member of Parliament (Article 103) One year
Right of recall (Article 104) Two years
Determination of questions of membership of Parliament (Article
105)Two years
Right to petition Parliament (Article 119) Two years
CHAPTER  NINE—EXECUTIVE
Power of mercy (Article 133) One year
Assumption of office of president (Article 141) Two years
CHAPTER  TEN—JUDICIARY
System of courts (Article 162) One year
Removal from office (Article 168) One year
Judiciary Fund (Article 173) Two years
Vetting of judges and magistrates (Sixth schedule, Section 23) One year
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files it under the chapter heading “Chapter EIGHT: —THE LEGISLATURE”.
- The passage runs to about 97 words.
- **Caveat:** The index holds no article number for this record. Cite the passage itself rather than a section number.
- **Caveat:** No rights vocabulary from our fixed word list appears in this passage, so no plain-language reading is offered for it.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

## How to cite this

Constitution of Kenya, passage filed under chapter “Chapter EIGHT: —THE LEGISLATURE”, Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelaw.com/provision/422a3b87-d0a8-4d39-b779-7968ea9afa94 (accessed 27 September 2026).

## Related

- [Constitution of Kenya](https://www.portablelaw.com/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028)
- [Kenya on Portable Lawyer](https://www.portablelaw.com/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028)
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- [Machine-readable corpus digest](https://www.portablelaw.com/llms-full.txt)

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Portable Lawyer · A provision of the Constitution of Kenya (chapter: “Chapter EIGHT: —THE LEGISLATURE”). Promotion of representation of marginalised groups (Article 100) Five years Vacation of office of member of Parliament (Article 103) One year Right of recall (Article 104) Two…