Adjournment – when in red, denotes the suspension of court proceedings to another time due to inefficiency or frivolity on behalf of the court, defence or prosecution.
CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Case to Answer –
CSO – Community Service Order
DCI – Department of Criminal Investigation
EACCMA – East Africa Community Customs Management Act, 2002
Hearing – an opportunity in a court trial where one’s witnesses are examined, evidence adduced and providing each sides arguments.
Hearing or Mention – as displayed denotes that the scheduled hearing, mention or other scheduled sitting (ie judgement, ruling, submissions, sentencing) did not occur and was re-scheduled.
HWC – Human Wildlife Conflict
JKIA – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
KWS – Kenya Wildlife Service
KRA – Kenya Revenue Authority
LATF – Lusaka Agreement Task Force – a multi-national body whose members include the Republics of Congo (Brazzaville), Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and the Kingdom of Lesotho. Based in Nairobi at the headquarters of KWS, their mission includes a number of mandates including the investigations on violations of national wildlife laws. It was launched in June 1999.
Mention – a court date where one’s matter is mentioned, happens in the 1st instance before plea taking and before hearing to enable the case to be “followed”.
NGO – Non – Governmental Organizations
NMK – National Museum of Kenya
ODPP – Office of the Director of Public Prosecution
PW – prosecution witness
Ruling – the court’s decision during a case on a particular issue before the court and could be in relation to bail, seized exhibits, or whether enough evidence is before the court to prove a prima facie case.
UNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
WCMA – Wildlife Conservation & Management Act, 2013
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