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(c) providing for the status of permanent residents;
(d) providing for voluntary renunciation of citizenship;
(e) prescribing procedures for revocation of citizenship;
(f) prescribing the duties and rights of citizens; and
(g) generally giving effect to the provisions of this Chapter.
CHAPTER FOUR––THE BILL OF RIGHTS
Part 1—General Provisions Relating to the Bill of Rights
19. (1) The Bill of Rights is an integral part of Kenya’s democratic Rights and
state and is the framework for social, economic and cultural policies. fundamental
(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.
freedoms.
(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.
20. (1) The Bill of Rights applies to all law and binds all State Application of Bill of
Rights.
organs and all persons.
(2) Every person shall enjoy the rights and fundamental freedoms
in the Bill of Rights to the greatest extent consistent with the nature of
the right or fundamental freedom.
(3) In applying a provision of the Bill of Rights, a court shall—
(a) develop the law to the extent that it does not give effect to
a right or fundamental freedom; and