KENYA: LANDMARK RULING ON DEATH PENALTY

Justices Riaga Omollo, Philip Waki and Onyango Otieno of the Appeals Court in Kenya declared the mandatory death sentence for murder contained in section 204 of the Penal Code unconstitutional. They upheld a constitutional provision on protection against inhuman treatment. But the death penalty will remain lawful until such a time when Kenyans decide to do away with it, the three judges said.