The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
The ODPP Mwingi Sub County on 5th December 2025 participated in a one-day workshop on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Refugee Protection, organized by the Refugee Consortium of Kenya at Mwingi Cottages Hotel.
The workshop aimed to enhance the capacity of Court Users Committee members to address SGBV and strengthen mechanisms for refugee protection.
The training covered critical topics such as an overview of SGBV, legal frameworks on gender-based violence and refugee protection, referral mechanisms, judicial perspectives on SGBV cases, and a victim-centered approach to ensure dignity and justice for survivors.
The event brought together diverse stakeholders, including judicial officers, the DCC Mwingi Central, and prosecution counsels led by Mr. Ombaki Machogu; police officers; probation officers; children’s officers; medics; LSK representatives; religious leaders; and others, fostering a multidisciplinary approach to tackling SGBV and supporting refugees.
Mr. Alloys Kemo is the Deputy Director in the Department of Prosecution Training Institute (PTI). Mr. Kemo is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and was admitted to the bar on 1995. He holds a Master’s of Science in Leadership & Governance from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) , LLB Degree from Nagpur University, and a postgraduate diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law.
Mr. Kemo has previously served as a Regional Head, Coast Region between 2019 to 2021 before heading to Rift Valley as a Regional head. He has also served as a deputy head in the Department of offences against the person and Head of the Penal Code Offences Division between 2013 to 2018 at the Office of the Direction of Public Prosecutions.
He has also been a member of several committees that developed key prosecution policies and guidelines such as; the ODPP Act of 2012, National Prosecution guidelines, the Diversion policy, Diversion guidelines, the Plea bargain guidelines and The Decision to Charge guidelines amongst others. He also attended several prosecution courses in various thematic areas and in management and in Leadership.
Mr. Kemo has vast experience electoral Justice and lead the ODPP Election Offences Prosecution Team in the 2017 National General Elections and also the ODPP Election Preparedness Committee in the 2022 National General Elections. He is a trainer and has facilitated external trainings and also internal training for ODPP staff.