Kenya: A recent survey of prisoners shows that over 80% of those sentenced to death come from low-income backgrounds and lack access to adequate legal aid. DW's Andrew Wasike (ck2andre) reports from Nairobi on Kenya's justice system. ⬇️
Image: Baz Ratner/REUTERSIn the 1980s and '90s, when Kenya's judicial system was plagued by graft, many people were detained without trial."I left a guy there, who was sentenced to death for stealing a loaf of bread, since 1995, you know I read such judgments and I am like, OK, that is the law we had, one loaf of bread," he said.
"Forget about the 25 billion Kshs we are making noise about, one loaf of bread and the guy has been in Kamiti [prison] up to today, since 1996," he said. In November, the government prosecutor dropped a corruption case against Deputy President Rigathi GachaguaEarlier in October, Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji withdrew a string of graft cases against allies of President William Ruto just as he took office. Most of those allies now sit in his Cabinet.
Rights activist Mercy Mutunga told DW that Kenya's judicial and reformation process needs to change. She is unhappy with several inequalities in death sentencing on the country's books.
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