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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

SUMMARY

DPP SEEKS AUTHORITY TO RECRUIT MORE STAFF

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has decried an acute shortage of

staff in the fight against crime in his office, which has adversely impacted on crime,

access to prosecutorial services and dispensation of justice in the country.

Currently the office has 248 legal staff as against the optimal staff

establishment of 927,while the non-legal staff stands at248of the optimal 370.

It is on this note that the DPP wrote to the National Treasury on

21stJanuary 2014 seeking authority to use Ksh137 million of unspent

fundsallocated to the office during the 2013/2014 Financial yearto recruit

more staff. The funds are to be used to hire 267 legal staff, 74 prosecution

assistants and 74 non-legal staff.

In the letter addressed to The Cabinet Secretary National Treasury and copied

to The Chief Justice and The Head of Public Service;the DPP requested authority to

use the unspent balances to recruit additional staff, instead of surrendering the

balances to the Treasury.

Following the massive expansion of the Judiciary, the recruitment of judges

and magistrates, the Office of the Director Public Prosecution (ODPP) is in

dire need of more legal and non-legal staff. This is in order to match and

compliment the Judiciary for effective dispensation of justice. Without corresponding

expansion of the ODPP staff, there is likely to be increased backlog of cases and

hence delay in dispensation of Justice.

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As a result, the ODPP wants the government to exempt his office from a stall

imposed in November 2013, stopping recruitments and salary adjustments in

government institutions. The exception will enable the ODPP to hire more staff for

efficient prosecutorial service delivery.

24thJanuary 2014.