LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING
Channel: Attorney General-Kenya
Date: 2022-10-07

LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING DEPARTMENT

VISION

To draft precise, understandable and effective laws consonant with good governance.

MISSION

To draft simple and clear legislation and to give well considered advice to Government Ministries, Departments and State Corporations on legislative and other legal matters.
 
CORE FUNCTIONS 
i. Drafting of Bills, subsidiary legislation, and notices of appointment to State Corporations and Constitutional Offices;
ii. Publishing Acts of Parliament and subsidiary legislation in the Kenya Gazette;
iii. Revision of the Laws under the Revision of the Laws Act;
iv. Advising Government Ministries /Departments and State Corporations on legislative and other legal matters;
v. Undertaking research within the Department;
vi. Ensuring preparation and publication of the Annual Supplement to the Laws of Kenya;
vii. Publishing the legislative Supplement of the Kenya Gazette in liaison with the Government Printer.