The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
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The Internal Affairs Unit in the ODPP shall be composed of the following:
The IAU shall report directly to the DPP.
The IAU shall recommend to the DPP, policies, programs and procedures that will ensure strict compliance by all personnel in the ODPP with the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Prosecutors, Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, the ODPP policies, rules and regulations and all laws, rules and regulations regarding the Public service and public accountability.
The IAU shall act on all complaints related to misconduct, whether initiated internally, by private or public individuals, against any personnel.
Consistent with the policies provided herein, the IAU may request for assistance from any government intelligence or investigating agency or direct any personnel of the prosecution service to conduct an intelligence operation or background investigation.
Follow up of civil matters filed against the office of DPP.
Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the DPP from time to time.
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.