Nairobi(INO)-The Kenyan High Court rejected parts of a new Kenyan security law which was recently written due to the increased terror attacks of which some of their perpetrators are not known.
Eight parts were to be removed from the law including adverse censorship on the media and to limit the movements of refugees. However, some other worse parts were not altered such as to arrest terror suspects for a year without any trial. It was 90 days only in the past!
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In other news, the government has decided to construct a wall between Kenya and Somalia on the portion of the border in Lamu County to enhance security.
Lamu Governor Issa Timamy told the media the wall would help prevent illegal immigrants from crossing into Kenya.
“I have been briefed about the plan and construction works will begin soon. We expect to have finished the project before the end of the year,” Mr Timamy told the public at Faza Social Hall in Lamu East Sub-County yesterday.The areas to be secured include Ishakani and Ras Kamboni in Kiunga. “This is where immigrants have been arrested trying to cross into the country or having already entered through the border in Lamu,” Mr Timamy added.
“This is a good idea and we support it because we believe it will go a long way to secure this region and indeed, the country as a whole.”
The government of Kenya has taken several measures to enhance security after 90 people died in two attacks in June and July last year. The government also slapped a dusk to dawn curfew in the region.
Despite complaints from the residents of Lamu on the curfew which they said has hampered their businesses, previously, the Kenyan Government renewed the curfew several times.
Idale News Online, Nairobi.
