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The 2012 [2010] revision of The Kenyan Penal Code Chapter 63 incorporates and prescribes punishments regarding abortion laws. [11] Sections 158-160 directly address women aborting or miscarrying. [11] Section 158: Attempts to procure abortion
A report conducted by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights highlights the challenges faced by MSMs due to the criminalization of same-sex activities. According to the report, these individuals are subjected to frequent harassment, extortion attempts, and false arrests by law enforcement officers and state officials. [12]
The court has jurisdiction over criminal matters and derives its powers from the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap.75 of the Laws of Kenya) or any other written Law. This court also has jurisdiction to hear and determine matters arising from traffic offenses as provided for by the Traffic Act, Cap. 403 of the Laws of Kenya. [3]
The Proposed Constitution of Kenya in Sec 26(4) reiterates and reaffirms the current Kenyan penal code by stating: Abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law. However, the ...
They were the last people executed in Kenya to date. [6] In 2010, the Court of Appeal repealed the mandatory death sentence for murder in Mutiso v. Republic, the third national court in common-law Africa to do so. [8] In 2016, President Uhuru Kenyatta commuted the death sentences of 2,747 inmates on death row to life imprisonment.
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A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might be imposed for these offences, and some general provisions (such as definitions and prohibitions on retroactive prosecution).