President William Ruto has appointed the Selection Panel for Nominations to the Power of Mercy Advisory Committee.
Ruto named Aggrey Mudembei Busena as the panel’s chairperson in a Gazette Notice issued on Friday.
Lynette Mwangi, Jonam Kenama, Dixon Mwakazi, Jasper Mbiuki, Dan Kenneth Ameyo, Reverend Martha Wairimu Kihika, Sara Bonaya, and Thomas Okoth Koyier are among the members.
Ruto also named Thomas J Nyamorata and Caroline Jerono Kibiwott as panel co-secretaries.
Article 133 of the Constitution contains the Power of Mercy Act.
The Attorney General, the CS in charge of correctional services, and at least five other members make up the Advisory Committee on the Power of Mercy.
The five are not supposed to be state officers or work in government.
Following the selection, the Parliament is expected to pass legislation providing for the members’ tenure, the Committee’s procedure, and the criteria to be used in formulating its advice.
“The Advisory Committee may take into account the views of the victims of the offense in respect of which it is considering making recommendations to the President,” the Constitution adds.
Following its advice, the President may use the Power of Mercy to grant a free or conditional pardon to a person convicted of an offense or to postpone the imposition of a punishment for a specified or indefinite period of time.
