Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Kenya

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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?

Kenya

The qualifications of citizens to vote was described in Schedule 5 of the 1963 Constitution. The right to vote was guaranteed to citizens meeting certain qualifications, or their spouses. One such qualification was residence for some length of time. The qualifications varied with respect to the particular office for which a citizen would be voting.

Under Article 38, every citizen has the right to free and fair elections based on universal suffrage. Every citizen over the age of 18 can register as a voter, vote by secret ballot or in a referendum, and run for elected office. (Constitute Project, “Kazakhstan’s Constitution of 2010” ).

References:

1963 Constitution of Kenya: http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/1963_Constitution.pdf

2010 Constitution of Kenya: https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Kenya_2010