ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Persons with Disabilities Act
65. Harmful practices
Edition: 2025-05-13 · In force
65. Harmful practices
(1)The national and county governments shall take such measures as it considers necessary to eliminate harmful practices committed against a person with disability, including witchcraft, abandonment, concealment, ritual killings or the association of disability with omens.(2)A person who perpetrates a harmful practice against a person with disability is commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to life imprisonment.(3)A person who wilfully aids, abets or is an accessory to an offence in subsection (2), commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to life imprisonment.