⚖️ Kenya Legal RAG

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system over Kenya's key legal documents. Query the Constitution of Kenya, Employment Act, Land Act, Companies Act, and more — in English or Swahili.

Research Basis

Built on the cross-lingual RAG framework methodology (arXiv:2601.02065) and validated against multilingual legal RAG approaches (IEEE Access, RAG in Legal Technology Survey, 2025). The Swahili benchmarking study (arXiv:2509.04516) confirms native-language retrieval produces substantially fewer errors.

Legal Documents Covered

Document	Coverage
Constitution of Kenya 2010	Full text, all articles
Employment Act (Cap. 226)	Employee rights, contracts, termination
Land Act 2012	Land tenure, registration, disputes
Companies Act 2015	Business registration, compliance
Consumer Protection Act	Consumer rights, remedies
Data Protection Act 2019	Privacy rights, obligations

Usage

from kenya_legal_rag import KenyaLegalRAG

rag = KenyaLegalRAG()

# Query in English
result = rag.query("What are an employee's rights when dismissed without notice?")

# Query in Swahili
result = rag.query("Je, mfanyakazi ana haki gani anapofukuzwa kazi bila notisi?")

print(result.answer)
print(result.sources)

MCP Server

uvx kenya-legal-rag
# or
pip install kenya-legal-rag
kenya-legal-rag

Install

pip install kenya-legal-rag

Part of the East Africa Civic Tech Portfolio

See also: mpesa-mcp | civic-agent-kit

Disclaimer

Legal information only. Not legal advice. Consult a qualified advocate for legal matters.

IP & Collaboration

MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.