Editing Politics of Kenya (section)

==Executive branch==
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|[[President of Kenya|President]]
|[[William Ruto]]
|[[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)|United Democratic Alliance]]
| 13 September 2022
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|[[Deputy President]]
|[[Kithure Kindiki]]
|[[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)|United Democratic Alliance]]
| 1 November 2024
|}
The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. As of the 2013 March general election, the [[Constitution of Kenya]] has two requirements for any candidate to be declared winner:
*to win at least 25% of the vote in a majority of Kenya's forty-seven counties<ref>Article 138 (4) The Constitution of Kenya, 2010</ref>
*to garner 50% + 1 vote of the total valid votes.

If none of the candidates fulfills these requirements there is to be a runoff between the two contenders with the highest number of votes.
The [[Vice-President of Kenya|Deputy President]] is the running mate of the candidate that wins the presidential election<ref>{{Cite web |last=Githinji |date=2023-01-04 |title=Qualifications for Position of the Presidency in Kenya |url=https://blog.afro.co.ke/deputy-president-qualifications/ |url-status=live |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=AfroCave |language=en-GB}}</ref> whilst other cabinet members will be appointed, with the approval from the National Assembly, from outside Parliament.

Between 2008 and 2013 Kenya was governed by a Grand coalition, established by a power-sharing agreement, signed by then President [[Mwai Kibaki]] and Prime Minister [[Raila Odinga]] of the [[Orange Democratic Movement]]. That government was [[semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] in form, with the executive headed by a president and a prime minister, and ministers were appointed to reflect political parties' relative strength in Kenya's 10th Parliament in which [[Raila Odinga]]'s party, the [[Orange Democratic Movement]] was the largest party. Under the power-sharing agreement, each of the two major parties also nominated a deputy prime minister.<ref>BBC News – Kenya rivals agree to share power 02.28.08</ref> The post of the Prime Minister was abolished after 2013, returning Kenya to a presidential system of government.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-07-12|title=The Political System Of Kenya - One Of The Best In Africa
|url=https://gpotcenter.org/political-system-of-kenya/|website=GpotCenter|language=en-US}}</ref>
{{See also|Grand Coalition (Kenya)}}