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Perjury cases fast finding their way into Kenyan justice system

Charles Kanjama

Chapter 11 of the Kenyan Penal Code deals with offences relating to the administration of justice. These include perjury, subornation of perjury, false statements by interpreters, contradictory statements on oath, malicious information, fabricating or destroying evidence, conspiracy to defeat justice, interference with witnesses, compounding felonies and contempt of court. It is a whole gamut of crimes, with penalties ranging from a maximum of three years imprisonment for the lesser offences, to seven years for perjury, to life for malicious information causing death to victim.

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