Kenyans convicted in the United Arab Emirates and Mozambique will now be extradited in back home following the cabinet approval of signing of extradition treaties between each nations.
According to the agreements, persons who breach the criminal law in the other country shall be able to be extradited from the partner nation to the other’s jurisdiction to face criminal proceedings or to serve their final custodial sentences.
The Cabinet further emphasized the significance of these extradition treaties in light of Kenya’s growing diaspora population.
“BY DINT of the Agreements, any persons who breach the criminal law in the other country shall be able to be extradited from the partner nation to that other jurisdiction to face criminal proceedings or to serve their final custodial sentences,” read the dispatch released by Cabinet Office read in part.
The Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Act (Cap 77) outlines the procedure for the arrest, detention, and surrender of fugitives, subject to certain limitations, exceptions, conditions, or modifications pertaining to the requesting country.
This comes in the backdrop of the extradition of the Akasha brothers Baktash, and Ibrahim Akasha, 29 as the most prominent case where the treaty was applied.