EXPRESSION OF INTEREST NO. WPA/EOI/01/2023-2024
The Witness Protection Agency (WPA) is an independent and autonomous State Agency established under the Witness Protection Act, No. 16 of 2006. The object and purpose of the Agency is to provide the framework and procedures for giving special protection, on behalf of the State, to persons in possession of important information and who...
The role of Kenya’s Witness Protection Agency explained
The agency, which has covered 328 witnesses and 800 dependents since its inception in 2011, also assists people facing threats for having crucial information in serious crimes including murder, corruption, and terror among other cases/FILE With cases of sexual violence on the rise, the Witness Protection Agency is calling on Kenyans to familiarize with its...🙋Public Views
The NCAJ Standing Committee for Children Matters in conjunction with the Judiciary's Rules Committee have developed the following draft Rules under the Children Act 2022. Children (Adoption Proceedings) Ruless, 2023 Children (Children in Conflict with the Law) (Procedure and Practise) Rules, 2023- Children (Foster care) (Procedure and Practise) Rules, 2023 Children (Guardianship)(Procedures) Rules 2023 MEMO FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION-1 Kindly submit ...Fake poster circulating on Call for Protection
The Agency wishes to notify the the General public to disregard the fake Poster circulating on social Media.The poster did not originate from the Agency.
Witness Protection Agency receives vehicles and equipment to boost its operations
The Agency received a donation of vehicles and equipment to boost its operations in protecting threatened witnesses in Kenya in a ceremony held on 29th October 2020 at Milimani Law Courts.The donation of three 4-wheel drive pickups and office equipment from the European Union and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will provide daily support to protected witnesses...
Mitigating Against Corona Virus (COVID19) at The Agency
Our Agency has put arrangements in place to protect the health of staff, clients and stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic
Witness Protection Agency contributes to state of justice report
The Witness Protection Agency is among 22 justice sector agencies and national committees featured in Kenya’s newest State of the Judiciary and the Administration of Justice Report (SOJAR). Released yesterday, the SOJAR for the 2018/2019 financial year highlights the achievements, progress and challenges during the period for the Judiciary, other agencies in the justice sector...
Protected witness contributes poem for United Nations newsletter
A poem by a protected witness under the care of our Agency has been published in a newsletter issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The poem, entitled ‘I Feel Protected’, features in the December 2019 edition of the PLEAD Verdict newsletter. For privacy reasons,...
Review of NSSF Act to benefit employees
Managing income and expenditure risks in old age is vital especially when one retires from active service. As employees age, economic volatility increases since traditional support systems become weaker. Formal pension programmes such as National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and cash transfers have so far been limited in their coverage with few incentives for...