The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of Mutual Legal Assistance Division Vincent Monda represented the Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga, at a Government and Media Leaders dialogue in Naivasha aimed at enhancing collaboration and reviewing media regulations mechanisms.
The workshop, organized by the Media Council of Kenya, saw Monda reaffirm the DPP’s commitment to collaborating with journalists to ensure justice for both the media and the public. He highlighted that the ODPP is currently awaiting the results of an investigation by the Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA) into allegations of harassment and assault against journalists during recent demonstrations ad urged affected individuals and witnesses to provide statements to the authorities.
David Kwalimwa, the Deputy Head of Communications at the ODPP, appreciated the media for covering significant public interest stories, such as the discovery of human bodies in Kware, Mukuru Slum, Nairobi. He assured journalists of the ODPP’s commitment to supporting training and capacity-building initiatives for journalists.
Kenya Editors Guild President Zubeida Koome voiced concerns about the reported harassment of journalists while performing their duties and called for timely and impartial resolution of such cases.
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.