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DIVERSION

September 27, 2022Access to Justice, Courts and Tribunals, Criminal Justice, Criminal justice, Diversion, Education, Equality, HUMAN RIGHTS, Human Rights, Kenya, Kenyaaccess to justice, constitution, criminal justice, Diversion, human rights, justice, kenya, kenya lawLawQuery

ELIGIBILITY AND PROCESS WHAT IS DIVERSION? It is a process of disposing cases without trial particularly cases of children in conflict with the law. LEGISLATIVE RATIONALE The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 promotes

LESSONS FROM THE ONYANCHA CASE

August 9, 2021Blog, Criminal Justiceconfessions, criminal law, Onyancha, rights of accusedadmin

Phillip Ondara Onyancha’s acquittal by the High Court may have been even more shocking to some than his revelations approximately 12 years ago. ‘In 2009 he admitted to the killing of 18

CRIMINAL RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: THE UNDERATED ASPECTS

July 26, 2021Access to Justice, Blog, County Government, Criminal Justiceaccess to justice, criminal justiceadmin

For quite some time, the criminal justice system turned a blind eye to the Victims of a crime and their role in the criminal proceedings was limited to testifying on behalf of

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Probation of Offenders Act

June 21, 2020Criminal Justice, Simplified Lawsprobation of offendersLawQuery

Purpose: This is an act passed by Parliament to provide for the probation of offenders – the placing of offenders under the supervision of specific officers called Probation Officers for a certain