The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP)
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga, CBS, OGW, on 18th December 2024 met and engaged with a delegation from Kenya Yearbook led by CEO Lilian Kimeto, who paid him a courtesy call.
The DPP and his guest discussed potential areas of partnership and collaboration between the two institutions, including content development and dissemination, public engagement, stakeholder management, among others.
While acknowledging the critical role played by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the criminal justice system, Ms. Kimeto further appraised the DPP on the mandate and vision of the Kenya Yearbook, including some of the organization’s products.
These include government communications, production of publications highlighting development, and promoting the various initiatives by the country’s stakeholders.
The DPP acknowledged the crucial responsibility of the Kenya Yearbook and lauded Ms. Kimeto and her team on their efforts to inform and educate the public on government projects in an era where misinformation and disinformation are rife.
Further, the DPP assured Ms. Kimeto of his support in ensuring promotion of public awareness to enable the public and international community to understand and appreciate the government’s efforts in promoting development.
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.