By STELLA CHERONOMore by this AuthorThe Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that will establish an agency to investigate deaths in Kenya. The 2016 National Coroners Services Bill, which establishes a legal framework for reporting, investigating and documenting unnatural deaths in Kenya has for years been anticipated by human rights organizations. CORONER FOR EACH COUNTYCurrently, the police are supposed to investigate deaths in relation to crime and send results to magistrates for further action. Earlier in June, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and 15 other human rights bodies wrote a letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta asking him to help expedite the enactment of the Coroner’s bill and the 2014 Prevention of Torture Bill. Apart from the 2016 National Coroners Service Bill, the Cabinet also approved the 2016 Moveable Property Security Rights Bill, which will provide for the creation of an electronic registry, enhance the confidence of lending institutions and create an enabling environment to lend against moveable assets as collateral.

Source: Daily Nation November 23, 2016 08:20 UTC