The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), in accordance with its strategic agenda of external people focus and policy analysis and development, held a meeting with the Nominated Senator Hon. Catherine Muyeka Mumma to discuss proposed amendments to the Prohibition Against Female Genital Mutilation Act.
The Senator was received by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mr. Renson Ingonga, CBS, OGW at ODPP Headquarters in Nairobi.
Ms. Jacinta Nyamosi, Deputy Director of Public Prosecution in charge of the Conventional and Related Crimes Department, led the team of representatives from the ODPP Children and SGBV Divisions in the meeting.
The Prohibition against Female Genital Mutilation Act, CAP 62B, outlaws all forms of FGM and related practices. The discussion focused on making the Act more victim-friendly in order to offer further protections to victims of FGM while also eradicating re-victimization and re-traumatization.
Ms. Muyeka, on behalf of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC), reiterated her continued support and partnership towards coming up with an ideal provision that would better cater to the rights of victims. Other areas of cooperation included future multi-sectoral trainings for police and prosecutors on FGM matters as well as enhanced support services to victims.
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.