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{{Short description|Law of Kenya aimed at the suppression of organized crime}}
{{Infobox legislation
|short_title         = Prevention of Organized Crimes Act 2010
|legislature         = [[Kenyan Parliament]]
|enacted_by          = [[10th Parliament of Kenya]]
|date_enacted        =
|date_passed         =
|status              = Current
}}
The '''Prevention of Organized Crimes Act''', Act No. 6 of 2010, is a [[Kenyan Act of Parliament]] aimed at the suppression of [[organized crime]] in [[Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=PREVENTION OF ORGANISED CRIMES ACT |url=https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/uploads/res/document/ken/2010/prevention_of_organised_crimes_act_html/PreventionofOrganisedCrimesAct6of2010.pdf |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=sherloc.unodc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Musau |first=Stephen |title=Kenya: organised crime, political linkages and violence |date=2019-03-29 |work=Handbook of Organised Crime and Politics |editor-last=Allum |editor-first=Felia |url=https://china.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781786434562/9781786434562.00029.xml |access-date=2024-08-25 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |doi=10.4337/9781786434579.00029 |isbn=978-1-78643-457-9 |editor2-last=Gilmour |editor2-first=Stan}}</ref> It creates a number of new powers and crimes under Kenyan law, including the power for the government to proscribe groups and to punish those who lead, support or fund-raise for those groups.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Combating Organised Crime in Kenya |url=https://issafrica.org/iss-today/combating-organised-crime-in-kenya |access-date=2024-08-25 |date= 14 October 2010|website=ISS Africa |language=en}}</ref>
{{As of|2023}}, there are calls for the Act to be amended to add further powers and increase the level of penalties that can be imposed under the law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wangui |first=Joseph |date=2023-01-10 |title=State seeks stiffer penalties to deter organised crime |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/state-seeks-stiffer-penalties-to-deter-organised-crime-4081108 |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2024, the Kenyan government proscribed the [[Good News International Ministries]] as an organized criminal organization under the powers of the Act.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Makong |first=Bruhan |date=2024-01-31 |title=CS Kindiki declares Mackenzie's Good News International Ministries an organized criminal group |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2024/01/cs-kindiki-declares-mackenzies-good-news-international-ministries-an-organized-criminal-group/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Capital News |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/Prevention_of_Organised_Crimes_Act__No._6_of_2010.pdf Full text of Prevention of Organized Crimes Act 2010]
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[[Category:Acts related to organized crime]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in Kenya]]
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