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.
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JULY 24, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING SH40
two people were sentenced to death by a Malindi court in Kenya for violently robbing a
JUNE 3, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MPS WANT DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED
the Committee on Administration, National Security and Local Authorities reported to
JUNE 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: KENYANS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
authorities in China sentenced five Kenyan nationals to death after they were convicted
- MAY 28, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: PROHIBIT DEATH SENTENCE, CONVICT APPEALS IN COURT
Godfrey Ngotho Mutiso argued that the mandatory death sentence was unconstitutional in the Kenyan Court of Appeal.
- MAY 26, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: GACHANJA’S WIFE QUERIES BASIS FOR DEATH PENALTY
the wife of former Lands Commissioner Wilson Gachanja told the Kenyan Appellate Court that she was condemned to death eight years ago on unsupported evidence
- MARCH 18, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: AG CONSULTS ON DEATH PENALTY
consultations between the Kenyan Attorney-General’s office, Office of the President and the Ministry of Home Affairs continue on whether the death sentence should be abolished.
- MARCH 17, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: DEATH ROW BECKONS FOR ILLEGAL GUN OWNERS
possessing an unlicensed gun could soon earn you the death sentence as the Kenyan government steps up the war on crime.
- MARCH 8, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA TO REVIEW DEATH PENALTY - VICE-PRESIDENT
the Kenyan government is reviewing the death penalty, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka said.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: UN CONDEMNS EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT BY KENYAN POLICE
a brutal succession of hundreds of summary executions carried out with impunity by Kenyan security forces was roundly condemned by a top UN investigator, who called on President Mwai Kibaki to sack his police chief and attorney general.
- JANUARY 20, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: CONVICT PUTS DEATH LAW ON TRIAL
a man on death row in Kenya, Godfrey Mutiso, is challenging the mandatory death sentence imposed on persons convicted for murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
DECEMBER 18, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: NINE WARDERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
nine prison warders were sentenced to death for the murder of six inmates at the King’ong’o Maximum
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: HIGH COURT QUASHES TERROR SUSPECT'S DEATH SENTENCE
at the High Court in Kenya, Omar Said Omar was acquitted of terrorism charges after being sentenced to hang...
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AT FUNERAL
the Kenyan High Court upheld the death sentence against Nyando Mukuta Mwambanga for the murder of Mizingo Munga Gube on 2nd April, 2001.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: NJUE CALLS FOR SCRAPPING OF DEATH PENALTY
Nairobi Archbishop John cardinal Njue called on the Kenyan Parliament to scrap the death penalty.
- AUGUST 6, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER
a woman was sentenced to death for killing her step daughter in Kenya. Agnes Teresia Amati was found guilty of having committed the offence five years ago.
- MAY 9, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN ON DEATH ROW FREED
a man sentenced to death in Kenya was set free after a High Court accused police
- MAY 7, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA THREE TO HANG FOR ROBBERY.
three casual labourers in Kenya who raided an estate near Nyeri Town were sentenced to death.
- JANUARY 31, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
a 78 year old security guard was sentenced to death
a 78 year old security guard was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 24, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
six people involved in five separate murder incidents were sentenced to death in
six people involved in five separate murder incidents were sentenced to death in
- JANUARY 16, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR ROBBERY
two men in Kenya who robbed a herdsman of 24 sheep, a rungu (club), an umbrella and a watch were sentenced to death.
- JANUARY 1, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 20, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA AAGM: JUDGES UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCES FOR RAPE
in Kenya, three men will be executed for violently raping and robbing two women.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Kenya abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 6, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN'S KILLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a man found guilty of killing a male friend of his brother's widow was sentenced to death in Kenya
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: BANANA HAWKER TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
a banana vendor was sentenced to death in Kenya for violently robbing a nurse in Kirinyaga District two years ago
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR SECOND TIME
a Kenyan court imposed the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
a 21 year old man who attempted to rob a businesswoman of property was sentenced to death by a Nanyuki court in Kenya.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
a woman who murdered her husband and dumped the body in a septic tank was sentenced to death in Kenya. Francisca Ngina Kagiri, 50, killed Mr Elvis Njogu Ngibuini three years ago
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: HIGH COMMISIONER WANTS DEATH PENALTY SCRAPPED
British High Commissioner Mr Adam Wood has urged the Kenyan Government to scrap the death penalty, saying it was abolished in Britain and Rwanda.