The number of the week is 11%, which is the share of previously convicted persons of the prison population in 2022.
Over the past eight years, an average of 115,727 persons have been committed to imprisonment. On average, over the last eight years, 14397 of the people who have been committed to imprisonment have already been found guilty. That implies that 12% of prisoners were previously convicted.
The number of people incarcerated increased from 133,859 in 2015 to 141,948 in 2019. Due to prison depopulation methods implemented by the National Council for Administration of Justice in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the number fell by 60% in 2020. After that, the number has grown rapidly by 82% between 2020 and 2023.
The share of previously convicted persons of the prison population in 2022 was 11%.
This blog highlights IEA’s most recent work on taxation, a problem-driven political economy analysis of taxation.[i] After the study’s publication, a webinar was held to discuss the findings of the political economy analysis available here. [ii] In the introduction, the study outlines how Kenya’s tax policy faces challenges from its political ecosystem, structural factors, and […]
Case Adjournments is one of the key issues that contributes to case backlogs because it reduces the efficiency of courts. An adjournment in a legal setting involves pausing or temporally stopping ongoing proceedings to be continued at a later time, date, or location. It may also indicate the end of the day’s proceedings. Parties involved […]
Introduction In February 2023, the Kenyan government announced its intention to establish a framework that will enable Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) to extend loans to each other. This inter-Sacco lending framework shall be set up by the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) and was anticipated to be in effect from August 2023. This […]
While Kenya has long implemented the NHIF (National Hospital Insurance Fund) whose core mandate is to provide medical insurance coverage to all its members and their declared dependants and also to make medical care affordable, enrolment rates, particularly in the voluntary and informal sectors, remain low. Yet, NHIF is the most common type of health […]
Introduction According to the United Nations, Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) are “bilateral agreements between two countries which allocate taxing rights over income between those two countries thereby preventing double taxation of income. The main objective of DTAs therefore, is to prevent and or eliminate avoidance and evasion of taxes on income and capital by both […]
Post date: Mon, Jan 29, 2024 |
Category: Prison |
By: Leo Kipkogei Kemboi, |
The number of the week is 11%, which is the share of previously convicted persons of the prison population in 2022.
Over the past eight years, an average of 115,727 persons have been committed to imprisonment. On average, over the last eight years, 14397 of the people who have been committed to imprisonment have already been found guilty. That implies that 12% of prisoners were previously convicted.
The number of people incarcerated increased from 133,859 in 2015 to 141,948 in 2019. Due to prison depopulation methods implemented by the National Council for Administration of Justice in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the number fell by 60% in 2020. After that, the number has grown rapidly by 82% between 2020 and 2023.
The share of previously convicted persons of the prison population in 2022 was 11%.
This blog highlights IEA’s most recent work on taxation, a problem-driven political economy analysis of taxation.[i] After the study’s publication, a webinar was held to discuss the findings of the political economy analysis available here. [ii] In the introduction, the study outlines how Kenya’s tax policy faces challenges from its political ecosystem, structural factors, and […]
Case Adjournments is one of the key issues that contributes to case backlogs because it reduces the efficiency of courts. An adjournment in a legal setting involves pausing or temporally stopping ongoing proceedings to be continued at a later time, date, or location. It may also indicate the end of the day’s proceedings. Parties involved […]
Introduction In February 2023, the Kenyan government announced its intention to establish a framework that will enable Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) to extend loans to each other. This inter-Sacco lending framework shall be set up by the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) and was anticipated to be in effect from August 2023. This […]
While Kenya has long implemented the NHIF (National Hospital Insurance Fund) whose core mandate is to provide medical insurance coverage to all its members and their declared dependants and also to make medical care affordable, enrolment rates, particularly in the voluntary and informal sectors, remain low. Yet, NHIF is the most common type of health […]
Introduction According to the United Nations, Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) are “bilateral agreements between two countries which allocate taxing rights over income between those two countries thereby preventing double taxation of income. The main objective of DTAs therefore, is to prevent and or eliminate avoidance and evasion of taxes on income and capital by both […]