The government of the Republic of Kenya is composed of three branches: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. It is a multi-party, democratic state. The power is held on two levels: the national level and the county level.
Kenya is a representative democracy in terms of its legislature, and a direct democracy in terms of their president. The president is the leader of the executive branch. The legislative branch is composed of the National Assembly and the Senate, while the judiciary includes the Superior Courts and the Subordinate Courts.
The current President of Kenya is Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Jomo Kenyatta (first president of Kenya) and party leader of the Jubilee Party of Kenya.
