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Murderers to get 30 years if MPs agree with Koome bills

Chief Justice Martha Koome and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula. [Courtesy]

Murderers, sex pests, and those found guilty of treason might get a maximum of 30 years in jail if a raft of changes to the country's criminal law by the Judiciary are accepted by Parliament.

The two bills handed by Chief Justice Martha Koome to Parliament- Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2023 - seek to amend how Kenya's law books deals with capital offenders.

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