PART II – CRIMES

Division IV – Offences against the Person

CHAPTER XXI – OFFENCES CONNECTED WITH MURDER AND SUICIDE

220. Attempt to murder
Any person who—
(a) attempts unlawfully to cause the death of another; or
(b) with intent unlawfully to cause the death of another does any act, or
omits to do any act which it is his duty to do, such act or omission being of such a nature as to be likely to endanger human life,
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.

PART VI – SERVICE OFFENCES

General provisions on offences and trials

57. Persons guilty of an offence
(2) A person subject to this Act who, having an intent to commit an offence, does or omits to do anything for the purpose of carrying out the intention is guilty of an attempt to commit the offence whether or not it was possible under the circumstances to commit the offence.

PART VI – SERVICE OFFENCES

Offences concerning Courts Martial and other Authorities

131. Attempt to commit an offence
A person subject to this Act who attempts to commit an offence under any of the provisions of this Act commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to—
(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years, if the attempted offence is punishable by death or by imprisonment for life; or
(b) the same punishment as is provided for the attempted offence, in this Act or any other law.

PART I—PRELIMINARY

International Crimes

6. (2) A person who, in Kenya or elsewhere, conspires or attempts to commit, or is an accessory after the fact in relation to, or who counsels in relation to, an offence mentioned in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

PART I—PRELIMINARY

International Crimes

7. (1) For the purposes of proceedings for an offence under section 6, the following provisions of the Rome Statute shall apply, with any necessary modifications—

(d) article 25 (which relates to principles of individual criminal responsibility);