The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
This was previously referred to Offences against the Person. The department will be headed by Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP 2 who will be responsible to the Director of Public Prosecutions for the overall operations of the department.
Handling prosecutions in respect of offences against persons such as murder, armed robbery, assault, rape, defilement, criminal defamation and public order offences such as treason
Supervising the handling of prosecutions in respect of offences against persons and ensuring that officers adhere to approved policies and guidelines and submitting periodic returns
Conducting criminal and related proceedings in relation to cases instituted before courts of law
Promoting collaboration with partners and other stakeholders
Advising the Government, Ministries, departments and other agencies on matters relating to offences Economic and International Crimes
Handling international and regional treaties and other instruments having a bearing on the prevention, control and prosecution of offences Economic and International Crimes
Conducting research, review and making of recommendations on the status and quality of the laws on offences Economic and International Crimes
Preparing of guidelines on prosecuting offences Economic and International Crimes
Guiding and advising investigating agencies in relation to offences Economic and International Crimes
Analysis of judgments, and preparation of appropriate documents for appeal, review, or revision and related proceedings where necessary
Handling matters relating to local tracing of criminals assets and carrying out forfeiture proceedings as required by law
Providing policy guidelines and strategies in matters relating to offences Economic and International Crimes
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.