A report by the National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) has revealed that majority of Kenyans who are arraigned in court are charged with criminal offences against the state.
The criminal offences include improper or lack of business permits, non-compliance with statutory legislation around alcohol - for instance, selling alcohol outside the times outlined in the famed Mututho Law - and other such crimes.
The crimes, excluding traffic offences, scored the highest percentage at 23% having appeared 10,205 times in the charge register sheets collected from police stations countrywide.
The next largest category was that relating to “drunk and disorderly” which scored 21%.
The category would only rise to the lead when coupled with the “disturbance” and “nuisance” categories to bring the cumulative percentage to 30% of all charges taken to court.
Traffic offences scored the lowest percentage at 0.28%.
Here is a pie graph representation of the findings:-
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