About

Counter-terrorism & Organized Crimes Prosecutor

Skills

  • Prosecution counsel and an Advocate
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Experience

HARRISON KIARIE

Work experience
  • I have successfully prosecuted complex terrorism cases. In March 2022, in the case of R vs IIR, the accused was charged with terrorism offences. He was sentenced to serve life in prison following his involvement in the killing of a police officer and abduction of two Cuban doctors seconded to the Mandera County Referral Hospital.
  • In February 2023 in the case of R v VOB I successfully secured a conviction against the accused who was sentenced to serve 2o years in prison. The accused was providing information to Somalia-based terror coordinators on how to attack the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), one of Kenya’s iconic tourist attraction sites.
  • In June 2022, in the case of R v GGM I agreed to plea bargain a matter based on its special circumstances and the vulnerability of the accused. The accused person who was a passenger in a public service motor vehicle was found in possession of three hand grenades and 4 gas-emitting antiriot-type grenades in contravention of section 29 of the Explosives Act. She had been given these items by her boyfriend who fled upon the accused’s arrest. The accused was fined Kshs. 200,000/. The case was defended by the Justice Defenders.
  • Member of the National Risk Assessment Task Force as an expert in terrorism and terrorism financing. In 2020/2021, I participated in the preparation of the National Risk Assessment Report for Kenya.
  • As a Terrorism Financing expert, I was nominated to participate and prepare Kenya’s 2nd Round Mutual Evaluation on Anti Money Laundering (AML)/ Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT) assessment as per the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations. Kenya’s report was discussed and adopted in plenary in Livingstone, Zambia in September 2022.
  • I participated in workshops in preparation for Inter-Agency Guidelines on Cooperation and Collaboration in the Investigation and Prosecution of Terrorism and Terrorism Financing, launched on 12th April 2022.
  • In October 2022 I participated development of a curriculum for the Advanced Counterproliferation Awareness Course for law enforcement agencies.
  • Facilitating pieces of training e.g USDOJ/OPDAT organized a training program entitled, “Investigating and Prosecuting Corruption Cases” where I co-trained participants on circumstantial evidence.
  • In February 2023 I was invited to train magistrates on “Legal Framework Governing Counter Terrorism, International Law and Instruments; Overview of POTA and POCAMLA; Other Legislation and ODPP Guidelines”

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