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Article 31 · Part 2—Rights and fundamental freedoms

Privacy

In plain English

You have the right to privacy. This includes not having your person, home or property searched, your possessions seized, your private information unnecessarily required or revealed, or your communications infringed.

The official text

Every person has the right to privacy, which includes the right not to have—

(a) their person, home or property searched;

(b) their possessions seized;

(c) information relating to their family or private affairs unnecessarily required or revealed; or

(d) the privacy of their communications infringed.

Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.