2,500 prisoners seek Uhuru’s forgiveness

Vice-chairperson of the Power of Mercy Advisory Committee (POMEC) Dr Janet Kirui has a word with the institution secretary Michael Kagika during a three day induction course in Enashipai Spa in Naivasha. The committee has received over 2,500 petitions from inmates across the country seeking to be pardoned by the President.

A committee whose mandate is to advise the President on prisoner pardons has received more than 2,500 petitions from inmates across the country.

But the Power of Mercy Advisory Committee (Pomac), to which new members were sworn in last week, has picked only 200 petitions for review.