The bad blood between the office of the DPP and the DCI played out in the open during the annual National Conference on criminal justice reforms conference held in Great Rift Valley Lodge in Naivasha on Tuesday. Without mentioning names, Haji expressed his concern about the violation of the accused rights through intimidation, forceful disappearance and arbitrary detention. “This perception undermines the rule of law and the River Yala situation is evidence of a criminal justice system that is critically violating the rights of the accused,” he said. “The training curriculum of police officers at all levels from recruitment to training has now incorporated training on human rights,” he said. On her part, Chief Justice Martha Koome who was the chief guest said that they were committed to ongoing reforms within the criminal justice system.

Source: The Star May 11, 2022 06:22 UTC