The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson M. Ingonga, OGW has urged employees at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to adhere to the rule of law and ODPP Code of Conduct and Ethics while discharging their duties.
Mr. Ingonga spoke today at the Prosecution Training Institute (PTI) in Nairobi during the sensitization and signing ceremony of the ODPP Code of Conduct and Ethics. Present were all Heads of Departments and Regional Coordinators.
The DPP urged employees to sign the Code of Conduct, and reminded them to remain professional and desist from actions that could depict them or the ODPP in negative light. He said: “We are indeed custodians of the rule of law and our actions must reflect the cardinal principle of our democracy in upholding the rights of citizenry.” Further, the DPP emphasized the need for ODPP staff to uphold integrity as a bedrock of securing public trust and making informed decisions guided by the principles of fairness, transparency and accountability.
Hassan Abdi, the Ag. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in the Department of Inspectorate and Quality Assurance, lauded the DPP on his recent election as the Africa Prosecutors’ Association (APA) president in Morocco. Mr. Abdi undertook to oversee the signing and implementation of the Code of Conduct and Ethics by employees.
The seven-page Code of Conduct and Ethics document applies to all staff and vouches for, among others, professionalism, integrity, independence, accountability, team spirit, transparency, impartiality, respect and courtesy, self discipline and confidentiality.
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.