The Supreme Court has said the death penalty is unconstitutional.
Section 204 of the penal code states that any person found guilty of murder, robbery with violence, treason and other capital offences shall be sentenced to death by hanging.
But Justice Njoki Ndung’u said the section “is out of sync and cannot stand as it is inconsistent with the constitution”.
The court made the landmark ruling on Thursday after a petition by two death row convicts Francis Murwatetu and Wilson Thrombus.
