The Cabinet has approved a national policy on the Power of Mercy as part of reforms geared at promoting rehabilitation of offenders.
A cabinet dispatch released Monday indicated that the move was in"recognition of the need to better promote the rehabilitation of offenders in a manner that doesn't imperil public safety or negate the concerns of victims."
"The prerogative is a special authority conferred upon the Head of State and Government that empowers the President to grant pardons or commutations of sentences to rehabilitated and deserving offenders," Cabinet Office said in a dipatch from Kisumu State Lodge. Members of the new committee named on October 5 includes: John Kutswa Olaka, Jane Wanjiru Kuria, Lorna Mutoro Mumelo, Bishar Maalim Abdullahi Patrick Musau Musila, Edward Kibiwott and Humpton Rogers Namu.On July 25, President Ruto has commuted death sentences imposed before November 22, 2022 to life imprisonment in compliance with the Constitution.
According to Attorney General Justin Muturi, the directive would apply to all convicts sentenced to death as of November 21, 2022.
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