Kenya
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
- News items in the archive
- 328
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Kenya is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 328 news items on Kenya, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JUNE 25, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
the chairman of the National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) John
the chairman of the National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) John
MAY 24, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY IN NAROK
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to death in Kenya by a Narok court for violently robbing a business
- MAY 20, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO HANG FOR ETHNIC CLASHES
A court in Garsen, Tana Delta district has sentenced four men, including a former GSU officer, to hang. The
APRIL 15, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 33 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARINGO
Evans Kipruto, a 33 year old from Kabartonjo Baringo County was sentenced to death for the offence of
- MARCH 10, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: EX-POLICEMAN IN NAROK ROBBERY CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Kenya, a Narok court sentenced a former police officer to death after he was found guilty of robbery
- JANUARY 1, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2013KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: JUDGES UPHOLD ROBBERY CONVICT’S DEATH SENTENCE
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kisumu, Kenya, has upheld a death sentence handed to a robbery convict.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2013KenyaDEATH PENALTY
an Iten court, in Kenya, has sentenced a 24-year-old man
an Iten court, in Kenya, has sentenced a 24-year-old man
- JULY 29, 2013KenyaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR KENYAN FOR KILLING UK MAN
A Kenyan man was sentenced to death in Kenya for the September 2011 killing of a British
- JULY 11, 2013KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: FIVE MEN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
In Kenya, a Narok court sentenced five people to death after they were convicted of involvement
MAY 8, 2013KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: NANYUKI MAN TO HANG FOR VIOLENT CRIME
A man has been sentenced to hang by a Nanyuki court, Kenya.
- MAY 3, 2013KenyaDEATH PENALTY
two armed robbers, who pleaded with a magistrate...
two armed robbers, who pleaded with a magistrate...
- JANUARY 1, 2013KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
DECEMBER 19, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR 6 KILLER COPS
In Kenya, six Administration Police officers (APs) convicted of killing seven taxi operators
- DECEMBER 10, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: THREE IN KERUGOYA TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
Three men have been sentenced to death for robbery with violence by a Kerugoya court
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
three people who hired a taxi and violently robbed the driver...
three people who hired a taxi and violently robbed the driver...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY
In Kenya, a jailed bird who has been in and out of prison nine times and his accomplice
- AUGUST 13, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
a Kenyan woman was sentenced to death
a Kenyan woman was sentenced to death
- JULY 27, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
the UN Human Rights Committee expressed regret
the UN Human Rights Committee expressed regret
JULY 14, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO TO HANG FOR ROBBERY ON SAGANA-THIKA ROAD
In Kenya, two men, who waylaid a motorist and robbed him at Kambiti on Thika-Sagana road in 2009, have been sentenced to hang by a Thika court.
- JUNE 15, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
two people with two counts of robbery with violence...
two people with two counts of robbery with violence...
APRIL 4, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: DEATH PENALTY OVERTURNED FOR TWO ROBBERY CONVICTS
In Kenya, the sentence of two men twice convicted of violent robbery has been overturned
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING ELGON BODA BODA MAN
In Kenya, two men were sentenced to death for robbery with violence in Mt Elgon district.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: NGUGI’S ATTACKERS SENTENCED TO HANG
In Kenya, three men who attacked writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife, Njeeri, eight years
FEBRUARY 7, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ROBBERY, RAPE AND ASSAULT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 30-year old man found guilty of violent robbery, rape and indecent assault has
- JANUARY 1, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
- OCTOBER 12, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Kenya, Justice Mohammed Warsame sentenced former police officer Dickson Mwangi Munene
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: HOUSEBOY TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
at a Nanyuki court in Kenya, senior principal magistrate Jesse Nyaga sentenced houseboy
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR ROBBERY
in Kenya, Richard Ongwenyi and Dominic Matatu were sentenced to death by Naivasha
- AUGUST 23, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2009 MURDER OF IRISH PRIEST
in Kericho, Kenya, Chief Magistrate Hedwig Ong'undi sentenced Isaac Kipng'etich Bett, Jackson