# Article 232 of the Constitution of Kenya

- Jurisdiction: Kenya (KE)
- Article: 232
- Source document: The Kenya Constitution
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- Constitution: https://www.portablelawyer.app/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028

## Verbatim text

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(a) high standards of professional ethics;
(b) efficient, effective and economic use of resources;
(c) responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable
provision of services;
(d) involvement of the people in the process of policy making;
(e) accountability for administrative acts;
(f)transparency and provision to the public of timely, accurate
information;
(g) subject to paragraphs ( h) and (i), fair competition and merit as
the basis of appointments and promotions;
(h) representation of Kenya’s diverse communities; and
(i)affording adequate and equal opportunities for appointment,
training and advancement, at all levels of the public service,
of—
(i)men and women;
(ii)the members of all ethnic groups; and
(iii) persons with disabilities.
(2) The values and principles of public service apply to public
service in—
(a) all State organs in both levels of government; and
(b) all State corporations.
(3) Parliament shall enact legislation to give full effect to this
Article.
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 232 of the Constitution of Kenya.
- The passage runs to about 147 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions fair hearing — it guarantees a fair hearing — a court or tribunal that hears you and decides impartially (the words used: “impartial”); it mentions freedom of expression — it protects speaking, writing, publishing or holding an opinion (the words used: “impartial”); it mentions equality and non-discrimination — it requires equal treatment or forbids discrimination (the words used: “equal”).
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“(1) The values and principles of public service include—”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.
- **Caveat:** The index gives this passage an article number but stores a body fragment where a heading would be, so the number could not be cross-checked against the text. Check it against the official Constitution before relying on it in a citation.

> 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, article 232, Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/818b048a-0bdf-4164-98b2-2b7b5c43ee53 (accessed 25 October 2026).

## Related

- [Constitution of Kenya](https://www.portablelawyer.app/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028)
- [Kenya on Portable Lawyer](https://www.portablelawyer.app/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028)
- [HTML version of this provision](https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/818b048a-0bdf-4164-98b2-2b7b5c43ee53)
- [Machine-readable corpus digest](https://www.portablelawyer.app/llms-full.txt)

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Portable Lawyer · Article 232 of the Constitution of Kenya. (a) high standards of professional ethics; (b) efficient, effective and economic use of resources; (c) responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of…