KENYA: JUDGES BACK DEATH PENALTY

at a conference on the death penalty in East Africa, Kenyan Judiciary officers said the death penalty should not be completely abolished and should be available in extreme instances. Principal Judge Yorokamu Bamwine said a trial judge should take the discretion whether a person should be executed or not. “If there are mitigating factors, the judge should not be compelled to pass a death sentence,” he said.