The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has reaffirmed his commitment to combating money laundering in the country.
Speaking at the Inaugural Anti-Financial Crime Summit in Nairobi, Wakesho Wegulo, Principal Prosecution Counsel who represented the DPP, stressed the importance of strengthening the working relationships between the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and investigative agencies to curb illicit financial flows.
Ms. Wakesho highlighted that such partnerships would enhance efforts to trace assets acquired through money laundering, bring offenders to justice, and disrupt illicit financial networks.
The Summit, which brought together representatives from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), and financial institutions, resolved to adopt clear policies aimed at removing Kenya from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.
Kenya was included in the grey list by FATF in February 2024, in a move financial analysts say poses challenges to the country’s economic and social progress.
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.