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[PHOTOS] CJ Koome meets correctional, social protection PSs

They agreed to collaborate on diverting children and the elderly from the prison system

In Summary

• Koome said the Judiciary has embarked on use of non-custodial sentences in non-serious offences.

• This includes affordable fines, discharges, reconciliations, probation and community service. 

Chief Justice Martha Koome in a meeting with State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki and Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari on Monday, January 23, 2023.
COOPERATION: Chief Justice Martha Koome in a meeting with State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki and Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari on Monday, January 23, 2023.
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Chief Justice Martha Koome on Monday held a joint meeting with the Principal secretaries for Correctional Services and Social Protection.

The meeting with PSs Mary Muthoni Muriuki and her counterpart Joseph Motari aimed to discuss issues of mutual interest.

"We agreed on the need for the Judiciary and the two departments to collaborate on diverting children and the elderly from the prison system," Koome said. 

State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki in a meeting with Chief Justice Martha Koome on Monday, January 23, 2023.
COLLABORATION: State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki in a meeting with Chief Justice Martha Koome on Monday, January 23, 2023.
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The CJ further said the Judiciary has institutionalised Children’s Service Weeks to address the backlog of cases affecting children.

She said the 2022 November Service Month culminated in the resolution of 1,825 cases. 

"There is also a worrying concern regarding congestion in correctional centres and borstal institutions, creating an urgent need to review sentences, for decongestion of prisons," Koome said. 

To resolve this state of affairs, Koome said the Judiciary has embarked on use of non-custodial sentences in non-serious offences.

This includes affordable fines, discharges, reconciliations, probation and community service. 

 

Officials in a meeting with Chief Justice Martha Koome on January 23, 2023.
Officials in a meeting with Chief Justice Martha Koome on January 23, 2023.
Image: MARTHA KOOME/TWITTER
Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari, State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki, Chief Justice Martha Koome and other officials in a meeting on January 23, 2023.
Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari, State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki, Chief Justice Martha Koome and other officials in a meeting on January 23, 2023.
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State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki and Chief Justice Martha Koome on Monday, January 23, 2023.
State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki and Chief Justice Martha Koome on Monday, January 23, 2023.
Image: MARTHA KOOME/TWITTER
Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari and Chief Justice Martha Koome on Monday, January 23, 2023.
Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari and Chief Justice Martha Koome on Monday, January 23, 2023.
Image: MARTHA KOOME/TWITTER
State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki and Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari on January 23, 2023.
State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki and Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari on January 23, 2023.
Image: MARTHA KOOME/TWITTER
Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari, Chief Justice Martha Koome and State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki on Monday, January 23, 2023.
Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari, Chief Justice Martha Koome and State Department of Correctional Services PS Mary Muthoni Muriuki on Monday, January 23, 2023.
Image: MARTHA KOOME/TWITTER
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