Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has urged African nations to adopt non-custodial sentencing as a strategy to alleviate prison congestion across the continent.

• The proposed sentencing alternatives include fines, probation, community service, and mandatory treatment programs, foregoing incarceration.
• The initiative was discussed at the Pan-African Round Table Conference on Advancing Community Corrections held on Tuesday, February 24.
• Murkomen highlighted this approach as a humane, sustainable, and effective method for justice that upholds public safety and supports offender reintegration.