China and Iran saw the highest number of confirmed executions in 2014 (Death Penalty Focus). On the other hand, several countries such as Sweden and Spain have declared this punishment barbaric and a violation of fundamental human rights. The actual number of executions that have taken place in China is unknown and is considered a state secret. By hiding information such as execution rates, China shows its fear of damaging its image with such brutal practices (Death Penalty Worldwide). Although capital punishment has not yet been abolished in Kenya, no executions have taken place since the hanging of Pancras putschists Oteyo Okumu and Hezekiah Ochuka in 1986. At the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, Kenya abstained in the vote on the moratorium resolution. on the use of death