The Judiciary yesterday undertook to examine ways in which bail and bond terms for offenders can be reviewed to tackle congestion in detention centres. The Director of Public Prosecutions launched the review of pending files at the Nairobi Remand Prisons in the Industrial Area. She said it is an issue that will be dealt with and they will also look into issuing bond terms based on one’s capability to pay rather than the offence he-she is charged with. And to reduce pre-trial detention, I assure you we will look into reviewing bond terms to offenders so as to not have our facilities overcrowded,” she said. The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Makadara leads with 1,164 pending cases and the Milimani law courts follows with 417 cases.

Source: The Star January 22, 2018 21:56 UTC