The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
The Director of the Public Prosecutions, Mr. Renson Ingonga, OGW hosted the Director, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Ms. Maureen Mimnaugh, and her delegation for an introductory meeting aimed to strengthen the partnership between ODPP and INL.
The discussion emphasized the need for continuous capacity building and specialized training for prosecutors, particularly in areas such as, cybercrime (including cryptocurrency), wildlife crimes (including controlled delivery investigations), drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorism, corruption, and other transnational organized crimes. The aim is to improve handling of complex cases and to enhance multi-agency collaboration, in order to strengthen national and regional efforts in combating such crimes.
The meeting also highlighted the importance of advocacy programs and campaigns focusing on human rights, constitutionalism, and its correlation with criminal law. Both parties also agreed that ODPP should develop a coherent monitoring, evaluation, and learning tools to assess and provide data for successful case studies and pinpoint specific training needs for prosecutors.
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.