Kenya: Terror law to be changed to admit confessions

The Attorney-General's office will reintroduce the extraction of confessions by police through the amended Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2005. An official from the National Counter Terrorism Centre, said this would be reintroduced albeit with regulatory mechanisms to bar its abuse. The centre falls under the A-G's office. He said it was difficult to get a conviction against suspects accused of engaging in acts of terror if the law stops the police from extracting confessions. Kenya has ratified international human rights treaties and is due to give its initial report on torture to the UN committee.