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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 [6] In 2010, the Court of Appeal repealed the mandatory death sentence for murder in Mutiso v. Republic, the third national court in common-law Africa to do so.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.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
People executed by Kenya. For people of Kenyan nationality who were executed, see Category:Executed Kenyan people. Subcategories.
The last execution by the South African government was on 14 November 1989. An execution occurred in the internationally unrecognised "homeland" of Venda in 1991. [57] Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court on 6 June 1995 in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another.
The 1982 Kenyan coup attempt was a failed attempt to overthrow President Daniel arap Moi's government on 1 August. Led by Kenya Air Force private Hezekiah Ochuka, the coup saw the rebels seize several air bases as well as the headquarters of state radio before they were retaken by government forces, resulting in the coup's failure.
Hezekiah Rabala Ochuka (23 July 1953 – 9 July 1987) was a Senior Private in the Kenya Air Force, who claimed to have ruled Kenya for about six hours after attempting a coup against president Daniel arap Moi. [1] Ochuka was the centre of the 1982 attempted coup, which then-president Daniel arap Moi defeated in less than a day. [2]
The Judiciary of Kenya is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in Kenya. After the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010, the general public, through parliament, sought to reform the judiciary. Parliament passed the Magistrates and Judges Vetting Act of 2011.
The International Criminal Court investigation in Kenya or the situation in the Republic of Kenya was an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the responsibility for the 2007–2008 post-election violence in Kenya. [1] The 2007–2008 crisis followed the presidential election that was held on 27 December 2007. [2]